DFW/North Texas
A woman and a young girl stop to smell the roses at the Tyler Rose Garden

Tyler Rose Garden

LOCATION

420 Rose Park Drive | Tyler

FEES

Free


World-famous for its thousands of rose bushes, Tyler’s 14-acre rose garden features more than 300 varieties of roses, along with camellia and day lily collections.


Selfie Instructions

Snap a selfie with your favorite flower at the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden. 

Statue of Elizabeth Crockett, standing on a plinth

Acton State Historic Site

LOCATION

FM 167 | Acton

FEES

Free


Texas has its share of folk heroes — and heroines. Acton State Historic Site marks the burial place of Davy Crockett’s second wife, Elizabeth, whose statue towers over the cemetery, looking for her husband in the distance. 


Selfie Instructions

Snap a selfie with the statue of Elizabeth Crockett. 

Musicians play under lights in Rockwall, Texas

San Jacinto Music Series 

What’s summer without music? From May through October, enjoy free live music every Friday and Saturday night at the San Jacinto Plaza Music Series in downtown Rockwall.


Selfie Instructions

Snap a selfie with the band in the background at any Plaza concert. 

Statue of Audie Murphy with Flags in background

Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum

LOCATION

600 Interstate 30 East | Greenville

FEES

Adults $8; kids 6–18 $3; children 5 and under free


Greenville is known for two things: cotton and Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II. Learn more about both at the Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum.


Selfie Instructions

Snap a selfie in front of your favorite exhibit inside the museum.

American Kestrel in flight

Trinity River Audubon Center

LOCATION

6500 Great Trinity Forest Way | Dallas

FEES

Free through June 30!


Located 10 miles south of downtown Dallas, Trinity River Audubon Center is gateway to the Great Trinity Forest, the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States, and is home to a vast array of birds and other wildlife.


Selfie Instructions

Snap a selfie in front of the Audubon Center, or from any of the center’s
bird blinds.

Sunrise as viewed from the dock at Cleburne State park

Cleburne State Park 

LOCATION

5800 Park Road 21 | Cleburne

FEES

Adults $6; 12 and under free


Cleburne State Park features a spring-fed lake perfect for swimming, fishing and paddling, plus trails through the forest and quiet campsites, all just 45 minutes southwest of Fort Worth.


Selfie Instructions

Borrow fishing gear from the park (or bring your own!) and snap a selfie from the ADA-accessible covered fishing pier.