Last weekend we visited White Rock Lake in Dallas. I forgot my camera, so visit one of the following websites for pictures as well as directions to the lake and trail information! They also have a dog park, which I'd like to take Josh and Lola to sometime.
The trail goes around the entire lake and is about 9 miles long. The "trail" itself is a sidewalk and pretty crowded, at least on the Saturday we were there. It is very pleasant, however, with lots of trees and the view of the lake. Warning: there are lots of people on bikes!
We had planned to walk a a few miles from our car and then turn around, and eventually walk the entire trail by parking at other places in future trips. It would be fun to say we've gone around the whole thing. This time we parked near the spillway, and started by walking across the dam. It was nice and breezy...and a really pretty view....lots and lots of big white birds.
But before we got very far at all, we discovered a series of nature trails leading off from the main trail. We got there by walking down a very steep hill (the dam) and I fell down twice (embarassing). Later we discovered that there's an entry to this area next to the big brick building (possibly the pump station?).
These nature trails (formerly a fish hatchery) were beautiful and much less crowded. We saw only a few other people. We wandered around for several hours, but crossed familiar paths many times, so I'm not really sure how long they are. It's a twisted maze of old fish hatchery ponds (some dry, some with a little water) and big, thick, beautiful trees and other shrubs. You can, of course, always hear the Dallas traffic and other noises, but it's really nice considering it's right in the middle of the city.
I just discovered this website...http://www.watermelon-kid.com/places/wrl/tour/nature_trail.htm. It mentions the fish hatcher trails and also has some interesting historical information and stats about the lake.
Next time we'll try a few miles of the "regular" trail.
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