The Trinity River Audubon Center (TRAC) is in south Dallas. This spring it is lush with wildflowers, other  vegetation, insects, and birds. May and June are prime mating season for painted buntings and other perching birds.

There are numerous, well-groomed, easy trails, several ponds and streams, a bird blind, and, of course, the Trinity River. The area is part of the Great Trinity Forest. A trail map is available to download on the Web site listed above.

There is no cost to enter the TRAC, but you must reserve a ticket ahead of time and check in upon arrival.

LUNCH: 11:30 a.m.

• The Market Café at Bonton Farms
  6911 Bexar Street
  Dallas, TX 75215

• 214-777-7703

If you decide to leave TRAC early, there is a nice coffee shop next to the restaurant where you can hang out until time for lunch. This is a unique and enjoyable restaurant that has some outdoor features you may enjoy exploring: a large organic garden where they raise produce for the restaurant, chickens that produce eggs for the restaurant, and goats.

Center Rules

• Please pre-register online (https://trinityriver.audubon.org/) prior to the date of arrival, and check in at front desk upon arrival.

• You must provide your own water bottle.

• Trail open hours may be adjusted - be sure to check park hours before you visit.

The following are prohibited at the Center and surrounding grounds:

• Horses, dogs, or other animals except service animals (please see our polices below)

• Bicycles on trails (biking is permitted on the City of Dallas Great Trinity Forest Trail and AT&T Trail which connects near our center)

• Smoking or campfires

• Hunting, camping, and fishing

• Specimen collecting of any kind without a permit

• Alcohol and other intoxicants

• Motorized vehicles of any kind or size beyond the parking lot

• Fireworks, firearms, or any other weapons (enforced by Dallas Police Department)

• Swimming, walking, or boating in ponds

• Parking on the grass 

• Professional photography without a permit

• Drone photography/video

Other Guidelines:

• There are both venomous and non-venomous snakes on the premises. They are protected by state law. If you encounter any snake, give it wide berth and leave it alone.

• Poisonous plants, including poison ivy, are on the property. Know what poison ivy looks like and avoid it.

• Do not attempt to touch, befriend, feed, or help any wild animal you encounter while on the trails. Please notify the front desk of any injured animals.

• Stay on designated trails and specifically avoid areas where vegetation could be impacted. Walk in the middle of the trail, even when wet or muddy. Avoid walking on vegetation as it widens the trail and contributes to erosion.

• Please supervise your children and children within your care at all times. Guests under the age of 16 must be accompanied at all times by an adult. 

• Picnics are permitted in designated picnic areas only.

• Shoes are required at all times both indoors and outdoors.

• Please do not litter. Dispose of your trash and recycling in the appropriate receptacles found on the trails or around the center.

• Guests who do not adhere to staff and center guidelines may be refused entry into and/or removed from premises for the safety of visitors and staff.