OB/GYN physician Cecilia Gaffaney, M.D., balances her career as a maternal fetal medicine specialist for the Obstetrics Medical Group in Dallas with a wide range of outdoor activities and recreational interests. During her weekends and free time, Dr. Cecilia Lyons Gaffaney often heads outside to explore a new swimming hole or hiking trail.
Dallas, Texas, offers much more than high-rise buildings and gleaming modern architecture. Outside of the downtown area exist plenty of natural oases and hidden open spaces ideally suited for a day of outdoor fun and exercise. Dallas proper and the Dallas Metroplex feature a number of hiking areas, among them:
1. Cedar Ridge Preserve, South Dallas. Maintained by the Audubon Society of Dallas, the Cedar Ridge Preserve encompasses 633 acres and some 10.5 miles of hiking trails. The park’s longest trail, the Cedar Break Trail, makes a 1.7-mile loop. Hikers who are interested in going farther can easily connect to one or more of the approximately nine other trails in the park.
2. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Plano. This 200-acre park features three trails and a separate off-road cycling area for mountain bikers. Each of the trails winds through several local ecosystems, including Texas blackland prairie and upland forest.
3. Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, Cedar Hill. The newly opened Dogwood Canyon park features 270 acres and one of the best birding places in the region. In the springtime, the area erupts in flowering dogwood stands.
Dallas, Texas, offers much more than high-rise buildings and gleaming modern architecture. Outside of the downtown area exist plenty of natural oases and hidden open spaces ideally suited for a day of outdoor fun and exercise. Dallas proper and the Dallas Metroplex feature a number of hiking areas, among them:
1. Cedar Ridge Preserve, South Dallas. Maintained by the Audubon Society of Dallas, the Cedar Ridge Preserve encompasses 633 acres and some 10.5 miles of hiking trails. The park’s longest trail, the Cedar Break Trail, makes a 1.7-mile loop. Hikers who are interested in going farther can easily connect to one or more of the approximately nine other trails in the park.
2. Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Plano. This 200-acre park features three trails and a separate off-road cycling area for mountain bikers. Each of the trails winds through several local ecosystems, including Texas blackland prairie and upland forest.
3. Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, Cedar Hill. The newly opened Dogwood Canyon park features 270 acres and one of the best birding places in the region. In the springtime, the area erupts in flowering dogwood stands.