A fine, neighborhood mixed use trail that follows Fish Creek from one end in the Oak Hollow section…read moreof Grand Prairie on the Dallas County side of the power lines (i.e. at Claremont's east most point, down to the end of Dartmouth St.) From there, it winds along Westward through the Enchanted Forest, past the basketball court and small playground area, and ambles by the gazebo, another play area, and the fields for folk who favor feet for ball sport. Benches, a bridge, a brook (perhaps), brambles, a bevy of brick houses, babies in strollers, boys and girls bestride the balustrades of a bigger play castle, then another bridge (beyond which there be boulders) bringing us to another neighborhood (Arlington's Kingswood development) and another bench.
Onward, we breeze through a stand of trees just beyond the bridges of 360 bringing us back up behind Grandy's, Kroger and Sonic. (Don't forget, Brooklyn's Pizza which boasts a bit of movie magic in a most unique mural.)
Now it's time to pick up the pace. Snack time is done so it's time to run (or walk or bike or any and all else that you might think is fun.) There's more twists and turns, another bridge or two (e.g. New York and Collins, too) and then it's the dog park, then Silo, then (whew!) we break out past a few trees into Craven's Park up to Matlock where the trail ends--You're through! There's Braums up a little north and Sublet down south. And if that's not enough for you... well, then just shut my mouth!
It's about seven miles, end to end, of mixed use trail that is not too challenging but provides plenty of pleasant places to perambulate, promenade, pedal and ponder.
Joe Bob says, "Check it out."
