Guides
Explore a wonderful nature area in the heart of Highland Village, Texas
The City of Highland Village has a beautiful park system with three parks located on the shoreline of Lake Lewisville. The Wichita Forest, a wonderful little known nature preserve of about 75 acres adjacent to Lake Lewisville, is free. There is a small parking lot near the trail head just off Highland Village Road. Bruce Lockhart Park is a small...
Enjoy the open space of the country and the parks and riversides of Fort Worth as you wander this pretty urban trail.
It's nice to have options. And the Trinity River Trail System gives you many. You can start your journey from the center of the city or you can start from way out in Gateway Park. You can bike, hike, inline skate, walk your dog, or ride your Trikke. You can hang out in the city or wander through the countryside. You can rest on a bench or run until...
Kayak on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Explore the beauty of the Greenbelt on walking, biking, and equestrian trail
There is so much to see and do at Ray Roberts Lake State Park, it is impossible to include everything in one guide. The Greenbelt is a premier North Texas destination for outdoor enthusiasts looking to escape the hustle of city life for a little while. It offers a natural environment totally different from the other 8 parks that make up the Ray...
Explore the wonders of of Isle du Bois on walking, biking, and equestrian trails. Enjoy camping, boating, and fishing.
There is so much to see and do at Ray Roberts Lake State Park, it was impossible to include everything in one guide. This is Guide #2, covering details for Isle du Bois Unit, including 5 Campgrounds with 178 campsites, Boating, Fishing, Swimming, Walking/Hiking Trails, Equestrian Trails, and Birdwatching. This guide also includes the Ray Roberts satellite...
Isle du Bois State Park - Lost Pines Nature Trail. Take a casual walk from the visitors center to the lake and back
Ray Roberts Lake is a beautiful 30,000-acre lake complex complete with boat ramps, camping, fishing, a swimming beach, numerous hiking trails, equestrian trails, Dorba mountain bike trails, hotel, marina and a park store. This is Guide #1 which includes: An introduction to Ray Roberts Lake State Park, a walking tour of the Lost Pines Nature Trail...
People used to travel from all over for the healing waters of Mineral Wells. Now they'll visit town for this great trail
Immerse yourself in the history, wildlife, and countryside of Texas as you make your way from Mineral Wells to Weatherford on this 20 mile trail through time. When it's freezing cold up north, this trail makes a nice winter-time escape. If you are a trail-lover, then you'll enjoy the flat terrain, peaceful surroundings, and well-spaced diversions...
Explore the wonders of of Johnson Branch on walking, hiking, and biking trails. Enjoy camping, boating, and fishing.
Ray Roberts Lake State Park is a beautiful 30,000-acre lake complex complete with boat ramps, camping, fishing, a swimming beaches, numerous hiking trails, equestrian trails, Dorba mountain bike trails, hotel, marina and a park store. Most of Ray Roberts Lake State Park is located in northern Denton County. The Ray Roberts Lake State Park Complex...
LISDOLA
Just down Highway 121 business from I-35E in the eastern part of Lewisville is a special place that should be shared with your kids. It is the Lewisville Independent School District Outdoor Learning Area. LISDOLA is an eighty-acre tract of land located on the south side of Lake Lewisville Dam in Denton County. The landscape boasts wetlands, forests,...
Explore this lesser-known, challenging disc golf course with course info, photos, and tips.
Welcome to the Bill Allen Memorial Park Disc Golf Course! This is a fairly well-maintained public DGC with well-marked, gravel tees. A technical, wooded course with tight fairways and tree-guarded targets, Bill Allen Memorial requires either conservative or skillful play to avoid the numerous water hazards and deep brush. Air it out on 5 and 15–18....
There's a trail that guides people from each of the missions in San Antonio.
Through the rest of 2012, you'll need to drive along this tour. But starting in 2013, the restoration work should be finished on the mission trail. To check on the progress, visit San Antonio Mission Reach Project's website below. The word mission usually connotes religion. It's true that San Antonio's missions revolved around religion and faith,...
First class university + state Capitol = great college experience
Nicknamed the "40 Acres" after the plot of land pn which it sits, the University of Texas is one of the largest and most respected universities in the US. Founded in 1883, today is has grown to 17 colleges and schools, about 24,000 faculty and staff, and more than 50,000 students. Seven museums and 17 libraries call it home. Great photo opportunities...
This Texas-sized city park has lots to do
Houston's diverse population supports a broad range of parks, from huge parks with lots of open spaces to wooded parks to smaller urban parks. The 445-acre urban Hermann Park has something for just about everyone. It encompasses a challenging 18-hole public golf course, a Japanese Garden, the 55-acre Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural...
Trips
This is a trail update to the Bittern Marsh Trail. Since LLELA has many lowland areas that can be under water, an alternate trail has been developed.This trail shows those updated trails. Just load both into "my maps" and you will have both available.
The City of Highland Village has a beautiful park system with a broad range
of amenities to enjoy from swimming, to camping, to hiking in nature preserves to boating on Lake Lewisville.There are three Highland Village parks located on the shoreline of Lake Lewisville. Copperas Branch Park is a 75 acre regional park about a quarter mile east from Wichita Forest Nature Preserve. Pilot Knoll Park is a 123 acre regional...
Very nice place. I hear it's even prettier in the fall when the leaves change. Full of hills valleys canyons, and small natural springs. Water in the creeks and river was very low, but thanks to many springs they weren't dry.
The views are great and the winds on the hill top are life savers in summer. Wild life is all around and it's not to crowded. I went with my...
A nice hike just north of Austin, tx. I didn't see another person on the trail.
We hiked up to the highest peak in Texas
The fourth hike for me, sixth overall for group training for Philmont in August.
