Twelve Hills Nature Center
Twelve Hills Nature Center
A Texas spiny lizard on the entrance.
A paper wasp visiting a Lindheimer's Doveweed plant.
Twelve Hills Nature Center
Bright red Possumhaw Holly berries.
A blue butterfly on upright prairie coneflower.
A sulphur butterfly nectaring on red salvia.
A gulf Fritillary butterfly.
Volunteers are teaching the local school children about trees.
Prairie grasses in the sunlight in the developing prairie.
A neighborhood child learning about mammals at the Prairie Festival.
Students from the local elementary school are learning about soil types.
An American Kestrel being shown by local bird rehabbers, Window to the Wild.
A North Texas Master Naturalist volunteer at the Blackland Prairie mammal table.
Dallas area urban wildlife biologist inspecting some plants for insects.
A volunteer, Suzanne, stands next to a common sunflower plant to show how tall it is.
Nature.
Entrance to Twelve Hills
Butterfly.
Rules.
Alex B.
Mar 13, 2022
Nice little walk to have more nature than the heart of the city. However, maybe it was the time of year, but it was overall lacking greenery and was just kind of a dirt path through the brush for a good portion of it. Still nice to be out but there's other areas I'd likely go to first.
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Rachel S.
Nov 28, 2020
A cute little getaway spot in suburban Dallas with about 4 parking spots (with video surveillance), a bike rack, and solid landscaping at the entrance only. Once you walk past the organized rock constructions that make the entrance, the unpaved path gets a bit rugged and poorly maintained. I didn't mind it because it created a sense of "natural wilderness" that is absent in many artificial/human-maintained parks. I saw at least 7 different bird species and plenty of squirrels in my first 5 minutes, so that was exciting. Too bad it is such a small place! I was done in less than 20 minutes.
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Rhonda A.
May 31, 2015
This local nature preserve is a little slice of heavenly tranquility. There are tree covered parking spots perfect for reading with window's down soaking up the peaceful sounds.I did notice one picnic table about 20 feet from the entrance. It is a quiet space to walk around, look at flowers, enjoy a meal al fresco, or have a small hike. With all the recent rain, everything is blooming.
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Sallie M.
Feb 7, 2015
I'm an absolute fan of Twelve Hills Nature Center, but I feel others forget it's a NATURE CENTER and not a dog park. Every single time we've been there, walking our dog and enjoying some fresh air, an unleashed dog runs over to us -their owner over 100 yards away. My family use to breed/train dogs and you do not unleash your dog in these types of venues, especially since it has no lockable gate. Great little hike in Oak Cliff, but beware of unleashed dogs.
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Tracy N.
Sep 24, 2023
This is the most beautiful place ever. It's quiet and quaint and the volunteers. Do a beautiful job taking care of it. Put this on your list. It's a must hike.
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Benjamin R.
Nov 23, 2020
My son and I had a great time. It was an easy quarter mile trail through a botanically diverse area with incline and decline and a hill top so children can practice special awareness with a large environment. It had nice logs lain down to help guide the trail in parts and it is all well tucked away behind a beautiful stone entrance with well organized flowers and memorabilia from patrons who supported the center's creation and upkeep. Two parental thumbs up!
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