TRACK Trails
With the help of Oregon Parks Forever and the Kids in Parks programs, Dallas City Parks have two TRACK Trails kiosks at City Park and Roger Jordan Community Park.
TRACK Trails are a type of environmental scavenger hunt for young children and their families to get unplugged and active outdoors, offering a series of self-guided activities that turn an ordinary hike into a fun-filled, discovery-packed adventure. Each trail will have four brochures available that help kids learn about topics such as birds, trees, flowers, ferns and animal tracks. Two of the brochures, Animal Athletes/Animales Atletas and Nature's Hide & Seek/Caminata y Busqueda de la Naturaleza, are bilingual English/Spanish. The trails also provide families with multiple opportunities to learn about the natural, cultural and historical resources at each site.
Kids who participate in the program can register their TRACK Trail adventures at www.KidsInParks.com to earn a series of prizes designed to make their next outdoor adventure even more fun and meaningful. Since the program’s inception, children have completed more than 1 million TRACK Trail adventures!
"We're grateful to Kids in Parks and Oregon Parks Forever for the opportunity to bring TRACK Trails to Dallas” said Jennifer Ward, Park and Recreation Manager for the City of Dallas. "Our City parks and trails are the gems of our community, and TRACK Trails gives kids a new reason to explore them. I'm excited for English and Spanish speaking families to discover (or rediscover!) Hunter Arboretum, City Park, the Rickreall Creek Trail, Roger Jordan Park, and all of the wild creatures that inhabit these beautiful public spaces."
TRACK Trails in Dallas:
- Click here to learn more about the Dallas City Park TRACK Trails!
- Click here to learn more about the Roger Jordan Community Parks TRACK Trails!
