Top 10 Things to Do in Dallas Fort Worth Texas

Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District

If the Wild West is your thing, the Fort Worth Stockyards is a living museum with daily cattle drives and plenty of restaurants that offer cowboy cuisine. This exploration starts at the Stockyards Station, which is at the heart of this historic neighborhood. From here, you can either join a guided walk, tour or stagecoach and visit the Stockyards Museum located in the former Livestock Exchange building. History seekers will enjoy the museum’s extensive collection of documents and artifacts from Fort Worth’s Old West era. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and Texas Trail of Fame displays Fort Worth’s most notable residents. If you need something that will attract your little ones, kids can walk through the Cowtown Cattlepen Maze or ride the Grapevine Vintage Railroad.



The Sixth Floor Museum and Dealey Plaza

The Dealey is the location of one of the most memorable moments in American history. November 22, 1963, is a tragic day in history immortalized on the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depository, where Lee Harvey Oswald pulled the trigger and shot then President John F Kennedy his motorcade turned off Houston Street onto Elm. This spot located in downtown Dallas is visited every year by thousands who honor the 35^th president of the United States. The Sixth Floor Museum consists of the sixth and seventh floors, and the exhibits detail the life of John F. Kennedy, his presidency, and assassination. One of the exhibits recreates Oswald’s shooting set-up at the southeast window. You get to the museum by taking the free D-Link bus or one of the DART lines to West End station. The museum is only three blocks west of the station.



Fort Worth Zoo

Who doesn’t love a stroll through a zoo on a nice, beautiful day? This Texas Zoo opened initially in 1909 and exposed the residents and tourists to wildlife worldwide. The zoo has grown tremendously over the years, starting with one lion, two bear cubs, a coyote, a peacock, an alligator, and some rabbits to its current display of an entire menagerie of animal exhibits ranging from jaguars to flamingos. You can get a taste of the Australian Outback by visiting the kangaroo exhibit or check out Asian falls with its amazing white tigers. Past visitors recommend the Museum of Living Art, the home to 5,700 birds, reptiles, and amphibians who live and play among hand-painted murals. The zoo is in southwestern Fort Worth. Although it is accessible by bus from the downtown area, you will have to do a considerable amount of walking from the bus stop to the zoo gates. You and your family can always opt to drive the three and a half miles from downtown and pay a small $5.00 parking fee.



Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

If you need some exciting recreational fun, hop on over to Arlington, Texas. It is home to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, one of the many Six Flags theme parks. This park is not short of excitement with its thrilling water slides and play areas for kids. This park boasts of pulse-pounding water slides, lazy rivers, and family-friendly play areas. This option is suitable for a jammed pack day of fun or spread out over a weekend or a few days. The theme park is a short drive from Dallas/Fort Worth and the surrounding area. Participating Arlington hotels operate the Arlington Trolley, a trolley-type transportation system that runs throughout the Six Flags Hurricane Harbor season.



AT&T Stadium

Whether you recently relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth area in one of the newly constructed multifamily units or you’ve lived in the city for a while, you can’t miss the love of football among the DFW residents. If you want to get an authentic feel for the area’s culture, pay a visit to the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The team was based in Irving, but that location was demolished a little over ten years ago to make way for a larger venue. The AT&T Stadium is located in Arlington, Texas, and is the largest domed stadium in the country, with a capacity to seat 80,000 fans. It is an attraction that is at approximately the halfway point between Dallas and Fort Worth. Sports fans will be in heaven with a visit to this stadium, but even if sports aren’t among your list interests, the stadium offers an extensive collection of art. You and your family can join a guided tour specifically geared to the stadium’s artwork. The VIP tour allows attendees to tour private suites, the press box, locker rooms, and the field. Ticket prices for the venue are not cheap, so you will want to purchase them in advance or choose the standing-room-only ticket option. The best way to get to the stadium is by car on Highway I-30.



Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas is home to one of the top art museums in the country. It takes visitors on an international journey spanning 5,000 years of history, ranging from antiquity to contemporary. This is an art lover's dream. Go through periods and civilizations as you inspect artifacts like a 1,700-year-old Budda, Greek funerary relief from 300 BCE, ancient American art in gold, and a Nigerian Nok terracotta bust dating back 2,000 years. The museum was founded in 1903 and is recognized as one of the ten largest art museums in the United States, offering ten concurrent exhibitions, tours, concerts, film screenings, and workshops.



Klyde Warren Park

This innovative public park is a perfect spot for a family outing. It opened its doors in 2012 and was named after the son of a famous billionaire, who donated $10 million for its development. It started as a patch of Downtown Dallas in the Arts District that was transformed in the early 2010s when the Woodall Rodgers Freeway was relocated underground for a length of three blocks. This park has a large lawn fringed by a tree-lined pedestrian promenade. It includes a restaurant, children’s park, botanical garden, reading room, dog park, performance pavilion, and urban games area. As you stroll the park, you can have your choice from the many licensed food trucks stationed throughout the park.



Reunion Tower

This tower is also known as The Ball and is one of the towers that make Dallas, Dallas, located to the south of Dealey Plaza since 1978. Reunion Tower is 171 meters and comprises four narrow shafts, one cylindrical and three rectangular, topped with an openwork geodesic dome that illuminates at night. Elevators are located in the three rectangular shafts, and there is a 68-second ride to the GeO-Deck. Here you can get an incredible view of Dallas through the shaft’s outer glass panel. Once in GeO-Deck, you can quickly research the city’s story and changing skyline on interactive screens or peer through telescopes on the outdoor platform. You won’t go hungry as you explore the city at this elevated level. There are two rotating eateries, the Cloud Nine Café and Wolfgang Puck’s posh Five Sixty, offering an Asian-infused cuisine.



Deep Ellum

The downtown Dallas area is also home to an entertainment district going back to the 1880s. Deep Ellum provides live music, great food, superb bars, and one-off shops. Located on the other side of the I-345 from Downtown Dallas, blues legends like Leadbelly, Bessie Smith, and Blind Lemon Jefferson entertained crowds here in the 1910s and 1920s. The name derives from the neighborhood’s main artery, Elm Street. You can also hear it mentioned in the old blue song, “Take a Whiff on Me’ and “Deep Elm Blues” by the Grateful Dead. For daytime entertainment, you can check out the street art and choose from various food spots offering ramen, tacos, sushi, and southern comfort food. There is also a long list of clubs and live venues for you to choose.

State Fair of Texas

Last but not least of the top 10 things to do in Dallas Fort Worth is the State Fair. This event of the year is a major festivity with a long history dating back to 1886. The fair is held in Fair Park that hosts an impressive number of entertainment venues, amusement rides, gardens, landmarks, and more. The fair lasts for about three weeks, and visitors come for the diverse entertainment, food tastings, art exhibitions, live music, and livestock competitions. This annual event also throws a car show, and a football game between the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas called the Red River Shootout. The State Fair is overseen by the iconic 55-foot mascot installed inside of the park

This list features only some of the attractions that the Dallas Fort Worth area has to offer. After settling into your multifamily unit and finding the time for a bit of recreation, it would be best to decide whether you have a day or two to do some exploring. The distance and traffic between Dallas and Fort Worth will cause you to be more selective with your leisure travels.