60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Dallas-Fort Worth: Including Tarrant, Collin, and Denton Counties: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles

Avid hiker, camper, and traveler Joanie Sanchez first fell in love with the outdoors when she had the opportunity to work one summer with the Youth Conservation Corps in Yosemite National Park. The following year, she served as a leader of the group, teaching and mentoring as she shared her passion for nature. Since then, her adventures have taken her backpacking across Europe, on a state-to-state biking tour across New England, and hiking in the Caribbean islands. She has traveled extensively throughout Mexico and has written an adventure guidebook to its Gulf Coast. A graduate of Yale University, Sanchez grew up and lives in the Dallas area. She spends her free time showing fellow hikers the beauty that Texas trails have to offer.

Overview Map

Map Legend

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Hiking Recommendations

Introduction

DALLAS AREA (Including Grand Prairie, Garland, and Irving)

• Boulder Park Trail
• Campion Trail
• Downtown Dallas Urban Trail
• Fair Park Loop
• Joppa Preserve Trail
• Katy Trail
• L. B. Houston Nature Trail
• Oak Cliff Nature Preserve Trail
• Rowlett Creek Nature Trail
• Trinity River Audubon Trail
• Trinity Skyline Trail
• White Rock Lake Trail

FORT WORTH AREA (Including Grapevine Lake, Colleyville, and Euless)

• Benbrook Dam Trail
• Benbrook Lake Trail
• Eagle Mountain Park Trail
• Fort Worth Nature Center: Canyon Ridge Trail
• Fort Worth Nature Center: Prairie Trail
• Horseshoe Trail
• Knob Hills Trail
• Northshore Trail
• River Legacy Trail
• Rocky Point Trail
• Sansom Park Trail
• Tandy Hills Trail
• Trinity River Trail: McMillan Plaza
• Trinity River Trail: Oakmont Park

NORTH OF DALLAS¿FORT WORTH (Including Plano, McKinney, Lake Ray Roberts, and Lake Lewisville)

• Arbor Hills Loop
• Black Creek¿Cottonwood Hiking Trail
• CicadäCottonwood Loop
• Elm Fork Trail
• Erwin Park Loop
• Lavon Lake: Trinity Trail
• Parkhill Prairie Trail
• Pilot Knoll Trail
• Ray Roberts Greenbelt
• Ray Roberts Lake State Park, Isle du Bois Unit: Lost Pines Trail
• Ray Roberts Lake State Park, Johnson Branch Unit: Johnson Branch Trail
• Sister Grove Loop
• Tribute Shoreline Trail
• Walnut Grove Trail

SOUTH OF DALLAS¿FORT WORTH (Including Cedar Hill, Glen Rose, and Cleburne)

• Bardwell Lake Multiuse Trail
• Cedar Hill State Park: TalaläDuck Pond Loop
• Cedar Mountain Preserve Trail
• Cedar Ridge Preserve Trail
• Cleburne State Park Loop Trail
• Cottonwood Creek Trail
• Dinosaur Valley Trail
• Dogwood Canyon Audubon Trail
• Goat Island Preserve Trail
• Purtis Creek Trail
• Visitor¿s Overlook: Joe Pool Lake Dam Trail
• Walnut Creek Trail
• Waxahachie Creek Hike & Bike Trail
• Windmill Hill Preserve Trail

WEST OF FORT WORTH

• Lake Mineral Wells State Park: Cross Timbers Trail
• Lake Mineral Wells State Trailway
• Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway

EAST OF DALLAS

• Lake Tawakoni Nature Trail
• Post Oak Trail
• Samuell Farm Trail

Appendix A: Outdoor Shops

Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps

Appendix C: Hiking Clubs

Index

About the Author