Backpacker Magazine: Dallas: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Dallas: Cross Timbers Trail

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Hike 8.9 miles of undulating hills and blackjack oak forest along the mysterious, murky backwater bayous of Lake Texoma.

Dallas, TX: Cleburne State Park Loop

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Surprise sights--such as a masonry spillway and an elusive armadillo--await on this 5.5-mile loop that encircles Cleburne State Park's Cedar Lake.

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Climb up to an observation tower atop the migratory-bird crowded shores of Lake Texoma on this easy 0.4-mile interpretive loop in the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

Dallas, TX: Duck Pond Trail

BACKPACKER Review
Escape busy Dallas. This 3.2-mile out-and-back pierces the heart of Cedar Hills State Park and provides a quick getaway into Texas hill country.

Houston, TX: Lake Livingston

BACKPACKER Review
An introduction to Texas’ second-largest lake, this 13.25-mile round-trip paddle on Lake Livingston’s western shore will have you rubbing elbows with the locals--turtles, snakes and alligators included.

Dallas: Ray Roberts Greenbelt Hike

BACKPACKER Review
Only 30 minutes from downtown, this 7.4-mile out- and-back runs a shady corridor of bottomland hard- woods teeming with deer, armadillos, and songbirds.

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