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209. Krause Springs

Krause Springs

209 out of 244
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The Krause Springs is prominently known for its camping and swimming site and attracts a lot of visitors in the summer. It is a 4 hour trip from Dallas and is located just outside Austin. The Krause Springs is a 114-acre property and has a lot to offer. Visitors can enjoy the campsites, swimming at the pools and also the hikes.

210. Marion Sansom Park

Marion Sansom Park

58 km
from city center
210 out of 244
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Known to be one of the hidden gems of the Marion Sansom Park and a hiking spot, the trails lead to the waterfalls and a lake nearby. Fifteen minutes from Fort worth it is one of the best spot for hikers. Visitors can also enjoy activities like fishing, swimming and canoeing in Lake Worth. It is a 40 minutes’ drive from Dallas and a perfect place if you do not want to drive far away from the city.

211. Gorman Falls

Gorman Falls

211 out of 244
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Also called the Living waterfalls the Gorman Falls are at an elevation of 1000 feet. Located in the Colorado Bend State Park, this 2.6 mile round-trip trail is the best hike. The 70-ft tall waterfall feeds directly into the Colorado River, where swimming is strictly prohibited. With the various restaurants and attractions in the periphery of the falls it is must-visit place for the visitors.

212. Wichita Falls

Wichita Falls

212 out of 244
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Wichita Falls, the name of the city and the falls is an artificial man-made waterfall in Lucy Park. Built after the floods of 1800 washed away the original falls, this cascading three tiered falls is 54 feet high and a 2 hour drive from Dallas. A must-visit place for the tourists as they can enjoy the view of the Wichita River nearby and the various recreational activities in the vicinity of the park.

213. Dolan Falls

Dolan Falls

213 out of 244
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Located on the Devil's River, the waterfall is about 15 feet tall. Also known as the largest volume waterfall in Texas it is situated in the Bay Mountain Park. The land around the falls is private and requires the owner’s permission to visit the falls. A must-visit in the springtime and a hidden-gem in Texas. It is also the best spot for kayaking and enjoying the scenic beauty.

214. Tonkawa Falls

Tonkawa Falls

214 out of 244
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A 1-hour 50 minutes ride from Dallas leads you to the City Park which is the home of a beautiful 15 feet tall Tonkawa Falls that drops directly into a swimming hole. It attracts a lot of visitors due to the various activities at the swimming hole like swimming, kayaking and cliff jumping. This waterfall is a great place for adventure activities and is also pet friendly.

215. Airfield Falls Trailhead & Conservation Park

Airfield Falls Trailhead & Conservation Park

59 km
from city center
215 out of 244
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Airfield Falls is the largest natural waterfall in Tarrant. It is one of the hidden gems in Fort Worth and an escapade for the hikers. The scenic beauty along the trail is a bliss. The hike to the falls is 5-8 minutes walk from the trailhead. Located in the Airfield conservation park which holds a strong historical significance, visitors can also enjoy other attractions in the vicinity of the falls. It is a pet-friendly place and a 40 minutes drive from Dallas.

216. Westcave Preserve Falls

Westcave Preserve Falls

216 out of 244
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Amidst the varied wildlife, canyon, and caves of the Western Preserve which spreads over a 30 acres of land stands the 40-feet tall and beautiful waterfall. It is also known to be one of the most visited waterfalls and is a 220 miles drive from Dallas. The visit to the Westcave Preserve Falls is included in the 2-hour guided tour of the preserve.

217. Pedernales Falls

Pedernales Falls

217 out of 244
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Located at an average height of 1200 feet, in the Pedernales State Park the Pedernales falls is a 4-hour drive from Dallas and 30 miles from Austin. The visitors can enjoy the hike and the view of the falls which is formed by the cascading Perdernales River.

218. Cattail Falls

Cattail Falls

218 out of 244
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Cattail Falls is an 80 feet tall waterfall amidst the Chisos Mountains. It is located, in the Cattail Canyon, in the Big Bend National Park. The Cattail Falls, however, is the lowest part of the canyon. It is a 5.7-mile unmarked hike trail and takes 2-3 hours to complete the hike. The waterfall is a hidden gem of the Big Bend National park and is a must-visit after the spring rain. An abode to a variety of flora and fauna, it is a great trail for novice hikers.

219. Children's Aquarium at Fair Park

Children's Aquarium at Fair Park
4.0 /5

3 km
from city center
219 out of 244
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Founded during the Texas Centennial Exposition held in 1936 the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park is a popular tourist attraction in Dallas.

220. SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium

SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium
4.0 /5

31 km
from city center
220 out of 244
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SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium is located at the crossroads between Dallas and Fort Worth.

221. Young Israel Synagogue of Dallas

Young Israel Synagogue of Dallas

16 km
from city center
221 out of 244
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Young Israel Synagogue of Dallas is one of the many Synagogues under the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) in America. The members of the synagogue are from various parts of the world. The institute is dedicated to helping individuals grow closer to God through Torah and education by providing in-depth lessons in Judaism

222. Temple EmanuEl

Temple EmanuEl

10 km
from city center
222 out of 244
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Temple Emanu - El also previously known as Jewish Congregation Emanu - El, was established in 1875 to fulfill the need for a permanent religious institute for the growing Jewish community in Dallas. It is a Reform Jewish Congregation that strives to be a place of sacred encounter, where the knowledge and learning of prayer and deeds bring about a change in the individuals’ understanding of the world and their responsibilities.

223. Congregation Shearith Israel

Congregation Shearith Israel

11 km
from city center
223 out of 244
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Congregation Shearith Israel is deeply rooted within the community and boasts of a rich tradition; it has been the spiritual home for six generations of Dallas Jews. It is committed to the State of Israel and the Jewish people all around the world, welcoming everyone with a generous spirit and heart. The institute emphasizes lifelong learning programs and provides an array of it. Various Community & holiday programs, Shabbat services, religious classes, and fun activities are held throughout the year.

224. Tiferet Israel

Tiferet Israel

13 km
from city center
224 out of 244
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Tiferet Israel is a traditional congregation that offers an experience rooted and guided by the Jewish tradition, the Torah, and the Mitzvot. Their goal is to provide knowledge and to instill a strong sense of community and desire to make the world a better place. The institution welcomes everyone, irrespective of their background, who wishes to undergo such experiences.

225. Congregation Shaare Tefilla

Congregation Shaare Tefilla

16 km
from city center
225 out of 244
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The foundation of Congregation Shaare Tefilla was laid down in 1986 by Marcus Rosenberg, ob”m. It is a Modern Orthodox synagogue that strives to engage with the modern world via the teachings of the Torah and tradition. The institute emphasizes robust and active Youth Programs to nurture affection and positive relationships with the youth and the shul. Various activities are held throughout the year to provide a fun learning experience.

226. Chabad of Dallas

Chabad of Dallas

24 km
from city center
226 out of 244
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Chabad of Dallas is an Orthodox synagogue, a center for those who wish to return to their Jewish roots and for experienced congregants. It strives to be a spiritual guidepost and service center for the community to convey and develop their spiritual need while connecting with the Almighty. The institute offers religious and spiritual, from rites of passage, momentous occasions to anniversaries, and ceremonial relationships. Other than these services, the institute engages in Adult Education Classes, toddler programs, community services, and youth development programs.

227. Ohr HaTorah Dallas

Ohr HaTorah Dallas

227 out of 244
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Ohr HaTorah Dallas is one of the city’s largest orthodox Shuls. It was formed in 1999 to be a place of the Torah and Tefillah. The Congregation boast of a diverse community and a multi-generational history. The institute strives to provide a lifetime of Jewish learning, with beginner services and robust programs for adults and children.

228. Baruch HaShem (BHS)

Baruch HaShem (BHS)

19 km
from city center
228 out of 244
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Baruch HaShem (BHS) Synagogue is a growing Messianic congregation in North Dallas. The institution is dedicated to the Great Commission of Yeshua ( Jesus) as the Messiah and the focal point of Faith. It seeks to instill sensitivity and explore the Jewish roots of the Biblical faith through Torah reading, observance of the Biblical feast & fast days, and teaching of the scripture from a Jewish perspective.

229. Congregation Anshai Torah

Congregation Anshai Torah

30 km
from city center
229 out of 244
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Congregation Anshai Torah is a conservative synagogue founded in 1998. It is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and is currently led by Rabbi Stefan Weinberg. The institute offers congregants life cycle services such as bat mitzvahs along with religious and educational programs.

230. Adat Chaverim

Adat Chaverim

32 km
from city center
230 out of 244
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Adat Chaverim is a Reform Jewish Congregation dedicated to living and enduring by the principles of the Torah and Reform Judaism. The institute strives to develop a divine relationship through education, study, and communal worship to further Tikkun Olam, the healing of the world.

231. Adat Shalom Congregation

Adat Shalom Congregation

17 km
from city center
231 out of 244
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Adat Shalom Congregation is a messianic synagogue, that strives to bring the good news of the Jewish Messiah to the Jewish People. The central belief at Adat Shalom is the bible, composed of sixty-six books of Tenach and Brit Hadashah ( the Old and New Covenants). The institute offers Bat Mitzvah Training, Youth ministry, Shabbat school, and even a nursery. It is a great place for Christians who wish to explore and nurture their Jewish roots.

232. Temple Shalom

Temple Shalom

17 km
from city center
232 out of 244
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Temple Shalom was founded in 1965, it is a Jewish Reform Congregation that strives to inspire an ever-lasting relationship with God, Torah, Israel, and the Jewish community through worship, study, and community service. It offers various worship opportunities, from Shabbat morning services, Tot Shabbat services to holidays and festival celebrations. Temple Shalom not only invites one to find out their spiritual and religious homes but to also nurture social and intellectual values.

233. Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas

Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas

24 km
from city center
233 out of 244
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Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas was founded in August 2011, to meet the growing demand and desire to impart the rich heritage of Sephardic Congregation in North Dallas. The Congregation brings together people from different backgrounds and teaches prayer and Torah study in the Sephardic tradition. You can also experience diverse user-friendly classes, engaging sermons, and scrumptious middle eastern food here.

234. Congregation Beth El Binah

Congregation Beth El Binah

14 km
from city center
234 out of 244
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Beth El Binah ( in Hebrew, House of an Understanding God) is a Reform Jewish Congregation under the Union of Reform Judaism, serving members from diverse backgrounds. The congregation was founded in1989 with the aim to reach out to the LGBTQ+ community. The congregation organizes various events such as the Shorashim Birthright Israel - LGBTQ+ Pride experience, fundraisers for the Holocaust, and Human Rights Museum and trips to Israel.

235. Congregation Ohev Shalom

Congregation Ohev Shalom

24 km
from city center
235 out of 244
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Congregation Ohev Shalom is one of Dallas’s most respectable and inclusive learning centers. It strives to provide a lifetime of Jewish learning with early onsite learning, a sizeable library, and a media center. Apart from this, it also offers a lively blend of worship opportunities from intimate services to grand classical services including historic pipe organs.

236. Congregation Beth Torah

Congregation Beth Torah

25 km
from city center
236 out of 244
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Beth Torah is a conservative congregation founded in 1975 to provide religious services and to ensure the prevailing journey of individuals and their families by propagating active participation in Jewish life and learning. Life cycle events such as Bat Mitzvah, weddings, burial ceremonies, along with active youth and educational programs are organized by the Congregation. It also offers a program to interfaith couples.

237. Bahama Beach Family Waterpark

Bahama Beach Family Waterpark
Top Attraction 5.0 /5

12 km
from city center
237 out of 244
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Though a relatively smaller water park than others in the city, the Bahama Beach Family Water park is a popular one because it has a multitude of fun rides and amenities. Visitors get to splash around in a water rain fortress, go down high-speed water slides, play with water balloons, or just swim around in a river while enjoying a view of the entire grounds.

238. Great Wolfe Lodge

Great Wolfe Lodge
5.0 /5

31 km
from city center
238 out of 244
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Open only to those staying at the hotel, the Great Wolfe Lodge is an indoor water park perfect for a fun day of water fun. The experience includes a tandem tube ride, a four-storey interactive tree house, a wave pool, a spinning vortex, slides of different sizes, and a resort lazy river amongst others. Kids get to play basketball while in the water, and there is a hot tub for adults and a warming pool for everyone.

239. King Spa & Waterpark

King Spa & Waterpark
5.0 /5

17 km
from city center
239 out of 244
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The King Spa & Waterpark is owned by King Spa & Sauna group and opened in 2014. It is perfect for adults and children since it offers a variety of indoor amenities such as a therapeutic bade pool, a 30-feet water slide, kids pool, a whirlpool, a lazy river and also a water bar. It must be kept in mind that the kids pool is only open on the weekends.

240. Altitude H2O- Grapevine

Altitude H2O- Grapevine
5.0 /5

32 km
from city center
240 out of 244
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Altitude H2O-Grapevine is one of the biggest floating obstacle course water parks in the state of Texas and is ideal for some family fun time during the hot summer months. Situated about 25 miles away from Dallas, it comprises of a variety of challenging obstacles courses, all floating over Grapevine Lake. Visitors get to balance on thin inflatable beams, go down slides, hang off of monkey bars, try to climb up an inflatable cliff, or jump onto a dome, all the while splashing around in water.

241. JadeWaters at the Anatole

JadeWaters at the Anatole
4.5 /5

4 km
from city center
241 out of 244
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Built mainly for the guests at Hilton Anatole, JadeWaters, or JadeWaters at the Anatole is a relatively smaller water park which is great for both children and adults. The property features a 4000-square-foot leisure pool, 7000-square-foot beach-entry family pool, 630-foot long lazy river, various water slides and tubes and a kids splash-and-play zone. Life vests or flotation devices including tubes are available for use and the different attractions are ideal for swimming, floating around peacefully or having a thrilling time going down the slides.

242. Hawaiian Falls Waterpark- North Garland

Hawaiian Falls Waterpark- North Garland
4.5 /5

24 km
from city center
242 out of 244
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Rides like The Torpedo, Pineapple Express and The Rush are some of the highlights of the Hawaiian Falls Waterpark- North Garland. The park opened in 2003 and is the perfect to be during the summer months as visitors get to take advantage of the lazy river, wave pools, water slides, interactive water-play complexes and more. Ideal for kids, these rides provide an opportunity to try and cross a water obstacle course, play water basketball, have fun on a water fortress, go down slides and tubes of varying lengths and speed or float on tubes and take in the waterfalls and water volcano.

243. The Cove Aquatic Center at Crawford

The Cove Aquatic Center at Crawford
4.5 /5

15 km
from city center
243 out of 244
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Equipped with swimming pools for adults and toddlers, thrilling water slides, a lazy river and a climbing wall, The Cove Aquatic Center at Crawford is a small water park which offers respite from the hot summers. Visitors get to peacefully float around in the lazy river, swim, dive off of diving boards, play water basketball, climb a wall, or go down different water slides.

244. Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark

Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark

24 km
from city center
244 out of 244
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Home to Aqualoop, the country’s tallest indoor along with Aquasphere, the first indoor double rider inner tube ride, Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark offers eleven different kinds of water rides and other facilities. While the water slides, surf simulator, wave pool, lazy river, and kids play area are suitable for splashing around, swimming, floating, or enjoying the thrill, the private cabanas, arcade, bar, and café are great for relaxing.

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The top sightseeing places in Dallas are The sixth floor museum, The reunion tower, Dallas Museum of art, Dallas zoo, Fontiers of flight museum, The Nasher sculpture center.

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There are two main public transportation options in the city, DART and Super Shuttle service. The local light rail system is known as DART, and it provides 45 miles of service. An all-day pass is only USD 5. In addition to light rail, there is a Monday-Saturday commuter train called Trinity Rail Express that operates between Dallas and Fort Worth. Choosing either train to either city center costs USD 2.50/passenger. Taxi rides into either downtown can cost USD 40 USD or more. Consider using the Super Shuttle service, which is usually less expensive than a cab.
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