Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center

Review №1

Rating: 4

There are three trails out here. The canyon floor is super short and is really easy. The west loop trail is around a mile and a half and a little more moderate. The first half mile of the trail is an elevated hike, so thats where the moderate comes in. The dogwood trail splits off the west loop and goes deeper into the canyon. You will get in around three miles of walking if you do all three.

Date: 2 months ago

Review №2

Rating: 5

Nice place to hike and hear the birds

Date: 3 months ago

Review №3

Rating: 5

Nice staff. Great local hiking trails. Good long views during the fall and winter seasons. Nice creek and slopes. The 3.5 mile total length is just perfect along with the continuous shade. Do wear repellent!!! There is poison ivey but they keep it trimmed back off the trail. Trail is only 2-3 foot wide. Some bridges provided to cross the creek at various intersections. Many benches available to sit and rest. Nicely shady picnic area with plenty of picnic tables near the main entrance. Donations only, no fee.

Date: 3 months ago

Review №4

Rating: 4

Nice hike in the shade and staff was nice. I just love nature and hiking with cool friends or family .

Date: 7 months ago

Review №5

Rating: 5

Date: 7 months ago

Review №6

Rating: 5

Wonderful nature play area for kids! We also loved the story walk.

Date: 8 months ago

Review №7

Rating: 4

Friendly staff, you probably should call before you drive there. I would say be sure to check website and Facebook but they might not be accurate and/or they might only have .5 miles of trail open and thats not clear on Facebook. Weve driven our family down there +4 times and have never been able to hike... trails are closed after rain, only open on certain days, also no dogs allowed

Date: 9 months ago

Review №8

Rating: 5

Beautiful, well maintained wooded natural unpaved trail system. Fresh air and lined with cedar scented trees.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №9

Rating: 5

Fun and Interesting Thank you everyone responsible.

Date: 9 months ago

Review №10

Rating: 5

Best location within city limits to hike and enjoy nature. Beautiful trails and lots of green. I enjoy hiking there every time I go.

Date: a year ago

Review №11

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №12

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №13

Rating: 5

Our scout troop did a service project, and the staff were great. This place gets points for their mission too.

Date: a year ago

Review №14

Rating: 5

My wife and I visited Dogwood Canyon for a hike before flying out of DFW in the afternoon. Note that you must check in at the visitor center before going for a hike and theres an online system to register beforehand. Its a really pretty nature preserve and nice trails. Surprisingly hilly so makes a nice workout. We heard numerous birds but the spring foliage was out so hard to see them. Overall, a lovely little nature preserve and great spot for a nature hike.

Date: a year ago

Review №15

Rating: 5

Super fun. We loved the weather and the area has a great breeze. Awesome scenery.

Date: a year ago

Review №16

Rating: 5

One of the best hikes in Dallas hands down. Cool elevation gains and lookouts

Date: a year ago

Review №17

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №18

Rating: 5

Beautiful jogging area, great jogging space.

Date: a year ago

Review №19

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №20

Rating: 5

Date: a year ago

Review №21

Rating: 2

They dont update their website or socials so you can drive an hour to go hike only to be told the trails are closed.. thanks

Date: a year ago

Review №22

Rating: 5

Its my favorite trail, the distance is just right and you can walk it in about an hour. Good view and safe.

Date: a year ago

Review №23

Rating: 5

Absolutely loved it!!!! Playground: Small play area for the kids Toilets: Nice clean bathrooms Picnic area: Picnic area by the play area

Date: a year ago

Review №24

Rating: 4

The center will connect you to multiple trails. I didnt get to go inside the center.

Date: a year ago

Review №25

Rating: 4

Very peaceful.. there was no water whatsoever.. all dried up, but it was still a nice morning hike.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №26

Rating: 5

Very beautiful hiking, walking, bird watching reserve. Amazing. I call it the Sanctuary

Date: 2 years ago

Review №27

Rating: 5

Great hiking and birdwatching Highly recommend hiking the new West Trail it was fantastico Visited on

Date: 2 years ago

Review №28

Rating: 5

Some of the best trailsvin the area. Reminds me of Virginia

Date: 2 years ago

Review №29

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №30

Rating: 4

Date: 2 years ago

Review №31

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №32

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №33

Rating: 5

A cloudy day end of February. Still, a wonderful way to take in nature and stretch your legs. Trails are very well kept. Visited on

Date: 2 years ago

Review №34

Rating: 5

Awesome trails, super well maintained and staff at check in were very friendly. Elevations were fantastic. Will be back for sure!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №35

Rating: 5

My Girl Scout troop did a kayaking badge with Katie and her lovely volunteers. It was a truly great experience, could not have been better. Arranging the event was super easy. She brought experienced guides, excellent equipment and picked the perfect spot. I highly recommend. I looked at several places and this was hands down the best!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №36

Rating: 5

We walked the new paved path. The trail head starts at dogwood. You can choose to hike the looped trails that are in a natural area or walk the paved trail. There is an area that is being finished, but you can still walk through it. It s next to the the road that is very busy, so probably not good for children. We enjoyed it very much and will be back. Great for bikes.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №37

Rating: 5

I recommend the Private Bird of Prey Encounter...very informative and up close. Great hiking trails, nice picnic and play areas as well!

Date: 2 years ago

Review №38

Rating: 5

Great hidden gem in Cedar Hill. Nice hike with 3 different loop trails

Date: 2 years ago

Review №39

Rating: 5

Knowledgeable about bird sightings. Had a great conversation.

Date: 2 years ago

Review №40

Rating: 5

Date: 2 years ago

Review №41

Rating: 5

A super quiet place to walk and recharge your batteries, highly recommended! Be careful with the poison Ivy plant

Date: 2 years ago

Review №42

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №43

Rating: 4

Date: 3 years ago

Review №44

Rating: 4

Spent a few leisurely hours on the trail, taking in the sites, enjoying the wildflowers and exploring the natural landscapes. Bird watching is delightful as you watch them in their natural habitat. Great way to spend some quiet time, but be prepared because the days gets pretty darned hot even in shady areas down there in Texas!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №45

Rating: 5

Really nice

Date: 3 years ago

Review №46

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №47

Rating: 1

Dont bother going, everything is closed. Wait till they up date there web site with the actual conditions

Date: 3 years ago

Review №48

Rating: 5

Maintained very well. Hike by appointment only. Please dont mess it up! Its beautiful!

Date: 3 years ago

Review №49

Rating: 4

Today was the first time I hiked at the Dogwood Canyon Center and I found it confusing. The parking lot is shared with the Cedar Mountain Nature Preserve. While I thought I was on a Dogwood Canyon trail, I was not. As a rule, if you are on a paved surface, you are not on a Dogwood Trail. In fact, when you get to the parking lot, head to the building to the west of the parking lot (it is not hard to miss). You access the Dogwood trials via the building. Once we found out we were not on Dogwood trails and actually went to the building, we actually walked the West Loop trail. It is an enjoyable walk and I recommend it. Since I now know how to access the Dogwood Trail, I am sure I will find it more enjoyable.

Date: 3 years ago

Review №50

Rating: 5

Date: 3 years ago

Review №51

Rating: 5

Date: 4 years ago

Review №52

Rating: 4

Beautiful place but interesting staff

Date: 4 years ago

Review №53

Rating: 4

Perfect place for your Run,walk,Bike

Date: 4 years ago

Review №54

Rating: 5

Beautiful, quite place near Cedar Hill and Dallas. Great place for a walk that will get your heart rate up.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №55

Rating: 4

I love this trail....it is well thought out and designed. There are a lot of trees to provide shades on the trail. It is wide and clear. It was not very busy when I was there. It is a good place to take kids.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №56

Rating: 4

Date: 4 years ago

Review №57

Rating: 4

About 2 miles of mostly shaded trails. Fairly dteep incline to the ridge. Free admission, donations encouraged. Indoor and out door bird blinds. Kestrel on display.

Date: 4 years ago

Review №58

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №59

Rating: 1

We had such high hopes for a nice Sunday morning hike here. I dont mean to sound like a total city slicker, buuuuuut the narrow trail we took from the Audobon Center parking lot was completely lined with poison ivy and so thick with spider webs (complete with absolutely giant spiders in them) literally blocking the trail, making it impossible to make it past even more than a few hundred feet and really make it into the preserve. Giant mosquitos, gnats flying in our faces... Its a really beautiful area, just incredibly dense with bugs and poisonous plants, made all that much closer to you by the narrow nature of the trail. Its very natural, yes. But for our 4 and 6 year olds, it just wasnt the family friendly hike we were expecting.

Date: 5 years ago

Review №60

Rating: 1

Date: 5 years ago

Review №61

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №62

Rating: 4

Date: 5 years ago

Review №63

Rating: 5

Date: 5 years ago

Review №64

Rating: 2

Date: 6 years ago

Review №65

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №66

Rating: 5

Great place to enjoy nature with children

Date: 6 years ago

Review №67

Rating: 4

They have 2 trails one is very short and the other is a 1.5 mile loop. They allow dogs ONLY on Saturdays. They also have a nature play area for children 5+.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №68

Rating: 1

This review is to help anyone thinking about planning a birthday party for a young child at this center. We were assessed a $100 cleaning fee because there were a couple smears of frosting and pizza sauce on the chairs and some spilled juice on a door mat. We were provided with no cleaning supplies (not even so much as a paper towel) to clean the room and I apologized for missing the spots of frosting when I cleaned up with baby wipes from my diaper bag. I suggested that a $100 cleaning fee is a bit excessive for 5 minutes worth of cleanup work and was then given a list of children s behavior that inconvenienced their staff and justified the high fee. They accused us of leaving children unattended in the gift shop (said children were not with our party), breaking a white board (the white board was already broken when we arrived and broke several more times throughout our party and required about 30 seconds to fix) that they obviously knew was already broken, and drawing on their walls (I didn t witness any children doing this, but their staff did think to leave the room well stocked with dry erase markers within children s reach but claims they couldn t leave a sponge, paper towels, hand broom/dustpan, soap, or any other type of cleaning supply on the countertops in the room for safety reasons ). When I pointed out that their accusations about the unattended children and broken white board were false, instead of apologizing as any mortified false accuser would, they suddenly began to insist the fee was solely about the 5 minutes worth of cleanup work and not the rowdy children. This party was for a child turning 5. There were children as old as 7 in attendance. The staff has low tolerance for young kids and for admitting fault (the complete absence of cleaning supplies suggested to me that they wouldn t be overly concerned about a missed smear of frosting). Their staff and facilities are poorly equipped for dealing with young children in light of their expectations about how the room should be left. Save yourself some money and book somewhere else!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №69

Rating: 5

Beautiful place for Hiking!!!!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №70

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №71

Rating: 4

Good place to hike though dont be disappointed by the name. One trail bearly enters the canyon (i.e. valley) but the other circles the crown of an adjacent hill. The dogwoods are not the species you find farther east but are the less impressive Rough-Leaf Dogwoods. (Correspondingly, there is an adjacent preserve named Eagle Mountain, more appropriately described as crow hill. It has a trail that only goes part of the way up the mountainbefore getting tired and going back down.)

Date: 6 years ago

Review №72

Rating: 5

Visited a few times. Always beautiful. Wish there were more preserved natural spaces in our area.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №73

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №74

Rating: 5

Great hiking trails and bird viewing zone. They care for the environment and are great people.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №75

Rating: 5

Date: 6 years ago

Review №76

Rating: 5

Completely surprised by this gem. Great trails.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №77

Rating: 5

Great trail!

Date: 6 years ago

Review №78

Rating: 5

One word: amazing!! I had no idea the Hill Country was so close. Really a great hike worth the drive! Please enjoy but bear in mind this is a nature preserve and it deserves our respect.

Date: 6 years ago

Review №79

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №80

Rating: 5

Great place to visit

Date: 7 years ago

Review №81

Rating: 5

My wife and I hiked this enclave of nature years ago, finding the quiet of the rolling forest behind the science center to be romantic and photogenic. We sweated, but enjoyed the fresh air and views from the top of the hill. Beautiful and secluded sanctuary, just beyond the noisy streets of several suburbs!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №82

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №83

Rating: 5

We loved this place so much! The 1.7mi west loop trail goes up to the canyon rim and does a loop before returning down the same path. The trails are well maintained and a fun hike! Our four-year-old love it! There is also a half mile (round trip) hike down to the canyon floor that we havent done yet. They have a really nice picnic area with a natural playground that was really neat to explore after our hike. The Audubon Center is a really nice building with a neat observation deck to watch the birds come to the feeders. Even the gift shop is nice! Highly recommend this place.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №84

Rating: 4

Date: 7 years ago

Review №85

Rating: 4

Nice trail and they offer various classes here

Date: 7 years ago

Review №86

Rating: 4

Nice walking trail, knowledgeable staff.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №87

Rating: 5

Great place to hike!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №88

Rating: 3

The up hill trail is really enjoyable. It is a great learning experience for students. The kids really had fun in the play area.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №89

Rating: 5

Always try to go on Sundays with my puppy!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №90

Rating: 5

Beautiful!!!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №91

Rating: 5

My family had an amazing time hiking the trails. The views at the view points were breathtaking. We took our kids but would also be a great thing for couples just to get away, relax, and enjoy nature.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №92

Rating: 5

Nice trails, free.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №93

Rating: 5

It is a good walk

Date: 7 years ago

Review №94

Rating: 5

Great place for a short walk in the woods

Date: 7 years ago

Review №95

Rating: 5

We can always make more money. We cannot make more of the beautiful gifts (LAND) Mother Nature has for us to respect and appreciate! Embrace it, get out and breathe it in!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №96

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №97

Rating: 5

I look forward to going again!

Date: 7 years ago

Review №98

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №99

Rating: 5

Great nature adventure

Date: 7 years ago

Review №100

Rating: 5

Nice little hiking trail, totally free. Right inside dfw. Who woulda thought...

Date: 7 years ago

Review №101

Rating: 5

Date: 7 years ago

Review №102

Rating: 5

Great place to birdwatch from an enclosed space with feeders and views around.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №103

Rating: 5

Amazing trip

Date: 7 years ago

Review №104

Rating: 5

My hot spot for climbing and cardio.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №105

Rating: 2

Date: 7 years ago

Review №106

Rating: 4

Lot of neat stuff to see. Only got to experience the short hiking trail. We will definitely be back to check out the long one. Nice facilities.

Date: 7 years ago

Review №107

Rating: 4

Nice little trail to hike for an hour or so. We walked it one direction then turned around and went the other for around a 2.5 mile hike.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №108

Rating: 3

Date: 8 years ago

Review №109

Rating: 5

Very nice long walk. Beware of inch worms early in spring.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №110

Rating: 5

The trails were all shady, which is important in the Texas summer time heat. The only thing that was kind of strange is that they require hikers to sign in, and out.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №111

Rating: 5

Enjoyed the walk here. A lot of trees that provide shade.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №112

Rating: 5

If you like to walk it is a good natural place to do it, dont forget your tennis shoes because there are small parts where you can slip. Dont go out of the way because there is poison ivy, the day we went, the person at the admission gave us that warning and some advice.

Date: 8 years ago

Review №113

Rating: 5

Its a very good place but lots of bugs

Date: 8 years ago

Review №114

Rating: 4

Date: 8 years ago

Review №115

Rating: 5

Date: 8 years ago

Review №116

Rating: 5

Date: 8 years ago

Review №117

Rating: 5

Date: 9 years ago

Review №118

Rating: 5

I hiked here on a beautiful weekend and found it surprisingly peaceful! The trails and views are outstanding! I hiked all over it in about an hour, so there isnt much for advanced hikers. However, for a casual stroll, it will help get your mind off the hustle and bustle of the city. Cannot wait to go back.

Date: 9 years ago

Review №119

Rating: 5

Date: 9 years ago

Review №120

Rating: 5

Never got to see the trails because of the park being closed. However the pavillion with the old communications dish array and the childrens area was really cool. We will be coming back

Date: 9 years ago

Review №121

Rating: 5

Great trails. Easily accessible for young & old. Trail markers are best in DFW area so far. Great events!

Date: 9 years ago

Review №122

Rating: 5

Went there for the first time last weekend to hike. The trails are not that long, but they are very pretty. Feels like your in the woods and nowhere near the city. Nice place to spend part of the day. Highly recommended.

Date: 10 years ago

Review №123

Rating: 4

Date: 10 years ago

Review №124

Rating: 5

Date: 11 years ago