Hello Trinity River Audubon Center friends! Wondering what our center is like? Click here for a preview! Please see below for visitor information.
- Hours: We are open Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 4pm with early entry on Saturdays at 8am.
- Holiday Hours: We will be closed Monday through Friday (December 23 – December 27), open Saturday and Sunday (December 28 - 29), closed Monday and Tuesday (December 30 - 31), opening Wednesday (January 1) at 9am with regular hours.
- Location: Our address is 6500 Great Trinity Forest Way, Dallas, TX 75217 - click here for a link to our location via Google Maps.
- Registration: Advance ticket reservation is requested.
- Groups: Please let us know ahead of time if your group is larger than 10, since scheduled field trips may impact your experience.
- Free entry will continue through December 31, 2024! To read more about our efforts to increase accessiblity to the center, click here. We ask that you reserve a ticket online prior to your visit.
- Check-In Required: Please check in at the front desk upon arrival.
- Our Adult to Child ratio is 1:6. Please keep this in mind when making group reservations.
- Bathrooms: Indoor and outdoor bathrooms are available.
- Center Rules: For your safety and others, please read our center rules and guidelines for additional information. Those who do not adhere to staff and center guidelines may be refused entry into and/or removed from the premises for the safety of our visitors and staff.
- Nature Store: Our nature store is open during regular business hours. Please click here to see what we have!
- Water: Please provide your own water bottle.
- Fishing: Fishing is not allowed on the Trinity River Audubon Center property.
- Photography: Professional and commercial photographers and film crews – please contact us at trac@audubon.org for information regarding our media policy and rates. Since we are a bird sanctuary, drone filming is not allowed onsite.
- Dogs: Dogs are not permitted on the Trinity River Audubon Center property. As a bird sanctuary, conservation is our top priority. We intermittently have endangered species of birds visiting our property. To protect the preserve and its wildlife, and in maintaining the property as a unique and peaceful sanctuary within the South Dallas corridor, pets are not permitted on the Trinity River Audubon Center property, including the hiking trails. Trained service dogs are welcome. Emotional support and companion animals do not meet the definition of a service animal and do not have the same access rights. Required proof of service dog status includes service dog ID card, service dog vest, harness, and/or tags, or credible verbal statement. For our policy regarding dogs, please visit https://trinityriver.audubon.org/files/service-animal-policies.
We appreciate your understanding and compliance. You can continue to reach the staff via e-mail at trac@audubon.org or by phone at (214) 309-5801.
If you prefer to stay home, please visit our Virtual Engagement page. We appreciate your continued engagement and encourage you to support our center by making a donation online or joining our center as a member during this critical time.
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Trinity River Audubon Center is located just ten miles south of downtown Dallas, but you'll feel a world away. Our center is your gateway to explore the amazing resources of the 6,000-acre Great Trinity Forest, the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States. Get to know a diverse community of plant and animal species and our unique mixture of bottomland hardwood forest, wetland, and prairie habitat. A part of the City of Dallas-Trinity River Corridor Project, the center's 100+ acres sit on a former illegal dump site, now a reclaimed haven for a vast array of birds and other wildlife in an increasingly urbanized metropolitan area.
As part of the National Audubon Society, Trinity River Audubon Center is a nonprofit organization, which means supporting us by visiting, telling a friend, or becoming a member helps to educate tens of thousands of North Texas students about science, conservation, and the ecosystems in which they live.
Trinity River Audubon Center is a nonprofit organization supported, in part, by funds from the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department.
