Video above features wildflowers growing along the top of McCommas Bluff, near a small chapel and a view across the Trinity River of the preserve, taken on April 9, 2011. Small chapel among bluebonnets at McCommas Preserve Access to the McCommas Bluff Preserve and trails have never been easier. In the week of April 3rd …
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The evening of April 4th, 2011 marked the first time since the completion of the Dallas Waves aka the Trinity River Standing Wave that it faced total inundation by the Trinity River. The coffer dam was removed in late December of 2010. Since that time the Trinity River watershed above the project has not received …
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Dallas is lucky enough to have at least two resident bald eagles in the Great Trinity Forest that overwinter. The national bird of the United States since 1782, the bald eagle is the most well-known bird of prey in North America. Like many other species, the majestic bald eagle’s continued existence has been severely threatened …
McCommas Bluff Preserve on Trinity River Dallas, Texas The McCommas Bluff Preserve, in South Central Dallas County, is in a historical area, where Native American tribes, outlaws and folk heros once camped, and where boats attempting to bring commerce to Dallas from the Gulf of Mexico were hampered by curves in the Trinity River and …
Great Trinity Trail at River Oaks Park The Trinity River Spine Trail is the longest paved path currently in the Great Trinity Forest. The path can be accessed in three spots: Loop 12 Boat Ramp River Oaks Park Simpson Stuart Road Phase I of the trail is 2.1 miles long. Great Trinity Forest Trail Phase …
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Feral Pig along Trinity River Trail Almost anywhere you go in the Great Trinity Forest you will see evidence of feral pigs or actual feral pigs. I have seen them upstream as far as the Corinth Street Bridge and as far south as Dowdy Ferry Road @ 1-20. Everywhere inbetween. Feral pigs along the Trinity …
Pirate Island at Rochester Park now known as William Blair Park William Blair Park in the Bonton neighborhood of Dallas has an ever growing number of soft surface trails to compliment the paved trail built in 2008-2009. Previously known as Rochester Park it hosts three trail components. The Texas Buckeye Trail, the soft surface trails …
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Deer are a common sight in the more remote areas of the Trinity River south of Loop 12. They can be seen usually in the early evening on some of the game trails they frequent. These photos were taken in the fall of 2010 and winter of 2011 in Dallas south of Loop 12 Six …
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Horseback riders at Linfield Flat, Wetland Cell Project, Trinity River, Dallas The lower chain of wetlands are comprised of half a dozen cells that extend from the I-45 bridge south to Loop 12. The wetlands are not a part of the Trinity River channel. They sit up and above grade from the Trinity. As a …
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Only started this blog to fill in a large gap of information that exists about the trails, trail network and recreation available in an area the City of Dallas calls “The Great Trinity Forest”. It seems to be impossible to find any information about what exists in roughly 6000 acres of undeveloped land south and …
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