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South Mountains State Park – Jacob Fork Access

South Mountains State Park in Connelly Springs, NC, offers well-maintained facilities and stunning views of High Shoals Falls, accessible through diverse hiking trails. While the park provides numerous amenities like camping and picnic areas, trails are not wheelchair or stroller-friendly, and reaching the waterfall peak is physically demanding.

Farmers Branch Historical Park

Farmers Branch Historical Park is a quaint little place located on 27 acres in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch. It’s a great place to walk and take in some history, and best of all it connects with a lot of other sights and walking paths in the area. Historical Buildings There are several historical […]

Ray Roberts Lake State Park – Isle du Bois Unit

Ray Roberts Lake State Park is a Texas State Park located, as luck would have it, on Lake Ray Roberts. This park has nine different units, two of which are their own parks located across the lake from one another. We visited the Isle du Bois Unit because of its Randy Bell Scenic walking trail […]

Mineola Nature Preserve

Location Data Address: 4429 SE Loop 564, 1860 Co Rd 2724, Mineola, TX 75773 Coordinates: 32.623, -95.465 The Mineola Nature Preserve is a very unique location that offers just about every activity you might expect in a park and then some! There’s incredible wildlife and lots of space to enjoy however you want! Where It’s […]

Old Zoo Nature Trails: Hiking Through Abandoned Ruins

Location Data Address: Co Rd 112, Cisco, TX 76437 Coordinates: 31.392, -99.174 Hiking trails that wind through the abandoned ruins of an old zoo… that’s pretty awesome. I’m making this our first location-related post because this is one of my favorite places we’ve visited. We’ve been to this site twice – once in October 2021 […]

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