Squabble Creek Bike Trail

Carrollton's Elm Park Nature Preserve
2335 Sandy Lake Road, Carrollton
Hiking trails, picnic areas, 22 acres of heavily wooded land

Connemara Conservancy in Plano
Exit 34 off North Central Expressway, west 1.6 miles, turn left, 1 mile south
Park car on road and walk into conservancy

Dallas Arboretum , 214-823-7644
8617 Garland Road, Dallas

Dallas Horticulture Center, 214-428-7476
Fair Park, Dallas

Dallas Nature Center
7171 Mountain Creek Pkwy SW, Dallas

Heard Museum and Nature Center, 972-562-5566
One Nature Place, McKinney
Phone ahead for reservations
Natureal history museum, wildlife sanctuary, hiking, trails

Lemmon Lake Preserve
Far south Dallas
142 acre lake surrounded by 133 acres of prairie woodland

McCommas Bluff, 214-670-4100
Lonebranch south from loop 12, South Central Dallas

North Mesquite Creek Preserve, 214-216-6260
SE corner of Dallas Samuell East Park, between 1-20 and WHY 352

Spring Creek Preserve Park, 972-205-2756
Holeford Road at Spring Creek, Garland
Forest, meadow, creek and hiking trails

Woodland Basin nature area
2332 East Miller Road at Rowlett Creek, Garland
Woods, creek, fish, hiking