This Secret Canopy Walk in Texas Is 50 Feet Above the Ground

Dallas has skyscrapers, sprawling suburbs, and more concrete than most people can process.

What it’s not known for is wilderness.

Yet tucked into the southern edge of the city, along Dowdy Ferry Road near the Great Trinity Forest, an aerial adventure park sends visitors climbing, swaying, and zip-lining through a hardwood canopy up to 50 feet above the forest floor.

Trinity Forest Adventure Park opened in December 2013 on seven acres of wooded land, built among 100-year-old oak trees by owners who made every effort to keep the land in its natural state.

Built for the Trees

The park sits at 1800 Dowdy Ferry Road, adjacent to the Great Trinity Forest Gateway Park and Horse Trails, a stone’s throw from the Trinity River.

The Great Trinity Forest itself is one of the largest urban hardwood forests in the United States—a rare ecological resource that most Dallas residents drive past without ever exploring.

The adventure park offers one of the most immersive ways to experience it.

The park claims to be the first aerial adventure park of its kind in Texas, and it remains one of the few places in the state where you can spend hours navigating obstacles suspended in a forest canopy.

The Courses and Challenges

Trinity Forest Adventure Park features multiple courses across four difficulty levels, color-coded like ski runs.

Yellow courses are easiest, green intermediate, blue more challenging, and black the most demanding. Current offerings include 9 courses total, with 30+ zip lines and 100+ aerial elements.

The obstacles are military-style: wobble bridges that test your balance, tight ropes that demand concentration, cargo nets that require climbing strength, ladders connecting platforms, and zip lines that send you sailing from tree to tree.

The longest zip line runs about 100 feet. The highest point reaches approximately 50 feet—high enough that the forest floor feels distant and the perspective shifts entirely.

How It Works

All courses are self-guided, meaning you move at your own pace and choose which obstacles and courses to attempt during your session.

General admission provides three hours in the park, including roughly 15-20 minutes of check-in, harnessing, and “Ground School”—a training session where staff teach you how to use the equipment before you leave the ground.

The safety system follows an “Always Attached” philosophy. From the moment you step off the ground, you’re clipped into safety cables.

When you move from one element to another—cargo net to zip line, tight rope to platform—you must clip into the next element before unclipping from the previous one.

You cannot physically detach from the course until you reach the end, back on the ground. Staff members monitor the courses and assist climbers who get stuck or need help.

Visiting Information

The park is open weekends: Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. The last ticket is sold three hours before close.

Reservations are highly recommended, especially on weekends and holidays—walk-ins are welcome if space allows, but availability isn’t guaranteed.

Current pricing: Adults (16+) $59.95; Youth (10-15) $54.95; Children (6-9) $49.95; Seniors (55+) and Military $49.95; 4-Pack $210; Groups of 8+ $52.50/person; Groups of 10+ $47.50/person.

Online booking saves money over walk-in prices.

Bring a refillable water bottle (the park provides cold water refill stations), sunscreen, and snacks if desired. No alcohol or glass containers.

The park operates year-round, but cooler months—fall and spring—offer the most comfortable climbing conditions. Summer can be hot; morning sessions tend to be cooler and less crowded.

For more information about Trinity Forest Adventure Park, visit trinitytreetops.com or call (214) 391-1000.

Use the map to explore the Great Trinity Forest area and the nearby Trinity River green spaces that surround this elevated adventure park.

Where: 1800 Dowdy Ferry Road, Dallas, TX 75217

Trinity Forest Adventure Park isn’t just a ropes course—it’s a rare chance to walk high in the treetops inside one of America’s largest urban forests, offering a perspective of Texas wilderness few people ever experience.