The Trinity River

The Trinity River is an undiscovered gem of Dallas that’s hiding in plain sight.

The Trinity River is an underutilized asset that will transform and unite our city.

The Trinity River is a vast and untapped resource within Dallas. With the largest urban hardwood forest in the nation and thousands of acres of outdoor space, Dallas residents have a beautiful and unique ecosystem right in their backyards. Because of Harold Simmons Park, residents and visitors will have more access than ever before to beautiful natural landscapes for walking, biking, picnics, and more. The Conservancy is proud to be the stewards of this project and to work with Dallas residents to make the vision a reality.

The park is at the center of Dallas and the river is at the center of the park.

"Take Me to the River"

It's an amazing river. Explore it!

The Trinity River is 710 miles long.

The Trinity River is the longest river fully contained in Texas.

The Trinity River basin spans 17,922 square miles.

The Trinity River is approximately 7% of Texas’ total land area

The Trinity River basin runs through 5 of Texas’ 10 ecoregions

The Trinity River seasonally floods and pushes nutrients and mineral-rich water to Galveston Bay, making it one of the most productive estuaries in the U.S.

The frequent flooding hydrates nearby soils that support a bounty of plants, animals, and landscapes.

The Trinity flows southeast from Dallas across a fertile floodplain and the pine forests of eastern Texas.

The Trinity River which was renamed by the Spanish colonizer Alonso De Leon in 1690 as “La Santisima Trinidad”

The Trinity River has four branches: the West Fork, the Clear Fork, the Elm Fork, and the East Fork

Approximately 7.5 million people in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex depend on the Trinity River water supply for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use.

Did you know that the City of Dallas owns one of the largest urban bottomland hardwood forests in America, if not the largest forest all within city limits?

After a major flood devastated Dallas in 1908, the city built massive earthen levees in the 1920s, straightening the river and moving it south of the downtown area.

There are currently 102 fish species recorded for the Trinity River basin, of which 11 are native species listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need by the state of Texas and 12 are non-native species introduced from Asia, Europe, Africa, South America and other basins in North America

Ecosystems in the Trinity River watershed include prairies, oak savannahs, upland forests, bottomland forests, floodplains, and coastal prairies and marshes

A Trinity Park Conservancy Project. Please visit trinityparkconservancy.org

The Trinity River