Trinity Forest Trail — Attraction in Dallas

Great trail to go cycling on. It borders with the trinity audubon and its very long and very shaded. If you start at the trail head and ride to the end it is about 8 miles. Round-trip 16 miles. I would recommend coming early in the morning after sunrise. Hardly anyone on the trail. But with that being said, if you are a single lady like myself, be very cautious because there are long stretches deep into the forest and far from roads. I came with a couple friends just to be on the safe side. I wouldn't recommend coming close to sunset. Looks like the trail can get really dark and creepy and there are signs posted about wild cats, snakes and other critters being in the area. Only con I had was the constant piles of dog poop I kept coming up on in the trail. So remember, "No one likes to step in poo. Please use a bag...

I went there in 2012 (and had to dig through my photos to find them as I had titled it Joppa Preserve). If I recall correctly It was a nice trail that I had sought out to find some red ibis (or a similar bird--either way I didn't find any) that were rumored to have flown outside of their coastal region, in search inland for small lakes (they were posing an ecological destruction in some wetlands due to dryer climate requiring them to search for freshwater climate.) Some had photographs from the area online (I think I had uploaded some photos online from an airshow and came across it.) It's a short trail and is far more an...

09/05/2020: I went biking here with my family (10 of us) and had a lot of fun. The trail is clean, not crowded, and well maintained. We biked for 13 miles and called it a day. The scenery was nice with lots of trees and shade. Seeing the river and lakes/ponds along the trail were nice. The part of the trail that we biked was relatively flat, which was great. No major hills to try to bike up and down from. The smell of trash was noticeable at times with the dump being not too far away. It wasn’t too bad, but my 7 year old niece said a few times that it stunk. Lol

I would definitely...