Posts Tagged ‘Dallas’
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Dallas Fort Worth paddlers now have the first paddling trail in the DFW metroplex and the first ever lake paddling trail at Lake Arlington in Arlington, Texas. This 10.9 mile paddling trail has been made possible by a joint venture between the City of Arlington Texas, the City of Fort Worth Texas and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 6P.M. on August 14th to officially launch the trail. Texas Paddling Trails is a program to develop public inland and coastal paddling trails supported by maps, sineage and other information throughout the state of Texas. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/boat/paddlingtrails/inland/arlington/index.phtml
Tags: Dallas, family activity, Fort Worth, Lake Arlington, paddlers, paddling, paddling trail, Texas Parks and Wildlife
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Visit our Huntsville State Park Photo Gallery
Huntsville State Park located in Walker County is in the piney woods of Sam Houston National Forest. A large park (2,083 acres) it offers many activities. Boating in the small (210 acre) Lake Raven is limited to idle speed although motor size is not restricted. Canoes, kayaks and row boats are rented seasonally. (more…)
Tags: camping, Dallas, family, fishing, hiking, horseback rides, Houston, Huntsville State Park, mountain biking, primitive camping, Sam Houston National Forest, Sam Houston Statue, texas, trails
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Visit our Cleburne State Park Photo Gallery. Head southwest of Fort Worth Texas approximately 50 miles or so and you will find
Cleburne State Park in Johnson County. Opened in 1938 this is an older park and it is showing. We observed that most of the buildings were in a minor state of disrepair. This is a smaller park (528 acres) with small Cedar (116 acre) Lake open to non motorized (or no more than 5 mph) water craft.
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Tags: cedar, Cleburne State Park, Dallas, Fort Worth, hike and bike trails, Johnson County, lakeside camping, lone star, mountain biking, texas, travelers, wildlife
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Visit our Lake Tawakoni Photo Gallery Located in Hunt County, just 50 miles East of Dallas, Texas,
Lake Tawakoni State Park offers camping, mountain biking and hiking as well as boating, fishing and swimming. This small park (376 acres) sits on the south side of the massive (37,800 acre) Lake Tawakoni Reservoir. The park is named for the pre historic Indian tribe (the Tawakoni) who traveled from Oklahoma into Northeast Texas to settle in this area where they remained until the mid 1800’s.
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Tags: Dallas, family, Ft Worth, Lake Tawakoni State Park, lakeside camping, lone star, massive, metroplex, mountain biking, spider web, Tawakoni Indians, texas, travelers
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Visit our Purtis Creek Photo Gallery
Located in Henderson and VanZandt Counties, 60 miles East of Dallas Texas, Purtis Creek State Park is a nice size park (1,582 acres)with a small lake (355 acres.) Developed in 1984 as a fishing lake it was stocked in 1985 with bass, channel catfish, crapppie and more. (more…)
Tags: bass, boat in primitive campsites, Dallas, fishing, lakeside camping, lone star, metroplex, Purtis Creek State Park, texas, travelers, Van Zandt
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