Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose. Photo by Karl Thibodeaux.

Here's a guide to natural spaces in North Texas, where you can hike and see wildlife. A few of the larger public gardens are included too. Don’t see one of your favorites? Email [email protected].

COLLIN COUNTY

Connemara Conservancy Meadow Preserve, Allen 

Heard Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney

Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve, Plano

DALLAS COUNTY

Cedar Hill State Park, Cedar Hill 

Cedar Ridge Preserve, Dallas 

John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, Seagoville

Dallas Arboretum, Dallas

Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, Cedar Hill

Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, Dallas

Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Garland

Texas Discovery Gardens, Dallas

Trinity River Audubon Center, Dallas

Twelve Hills Nature Center, Dallas

DENTON COUNTY

The Flower Mound, Flower Mound

Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, Lewisville 

Ray Roberts State Park, Pilot Point & Valley View

GRAYSON COUNTY

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Sherman

JOHNSON COUNTY

Cleburne State Park, Cleburne

PARKER COUNTY

Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway, Mineral Wells

SOMERVELL COUNTY

Dinosaur Valley State Park, Glen Rose

TARRANT COUNTY

Blackland Prairie Nature Preserve, Arlington

Bob Jones Nature Center, Southlake

Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth

Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Fort Worth

Oliver Nature Park, Mansfield

O.S. Gray Natural Area, Arlington

River Legacy Parks, Arlington

Southwest Nature Preserve, Arlington

Tandy Hills Natural Area, Fort Worth

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