Exploring Frisco’s Parks Trails, and Natural Areas
One of the many luxuries (although sometimes overlooked) of living in a busy, expanding city like Frisco is being surrounded by lush greenery, wooded areas, walking trails, playgrounds, and having access to all things outdoors. Instead of a bland world of endless concrete, Frisco residents have the luxury of being able to get out and welcome spring and all that nature within our city has to offer in active, unique ways. The City of Frisco and Play Frisco, the Parks and Recreation department’s commitment to making Frisco a place for fun activities for people of all ages and abilities is evident in the work put in around the city to make such spaces amazing.
From community and neighborhood parks with water features and themed playgrounds to walking trails lined with beautiful art and wildlife, Frisco is home to a well-rounded range of outdoor areas where activities abound for everyone and every interest. The spring season is one of the best times of year in Texas to get outside, bask in the warm sunshine, and explore some of Frisco’s most notable parks, trails, and natural areas. A landscape of gorgeous spring blooms and delightful warm weather await you. We’ll see you out there!
While we’ve highlighted just a few here, be sure to visit friscotexas.gov, as it has much more on Frisco’s incredible community and neighborhood parks, trails, and natural areas.
Community Parks
Frisco’s unparalleled community parks exhibit fantastic playgrounds, excellent hangout areas for families, water features, inclusive experiences, and even one-of-a-kind sports training grounds. Each has its own unique features and fun with something for everyone.
B.F. Phillips Community Park
3335 Timber Ridge
B.F. Phillips Community Park is 117 acres of outdoor fun and is home to baseball and softball practice facilities and fields, a bike trail, an 18-hole championship-style disc golf course (Dash’s Track Disc Golf Course), a dog park, a football field, picnic tables, a playground, a walking trail, a seating arbor, and restrooms.
Ruff Range Dog Park
5335 4th Army Dr.
Located within B.F. Phillips Community Park, this upscale dog park features off-leash areas for large and small dogs, pavilions, water stations, seating, dog wash stations, and convenient parking. The park is open daily from sunrise to sunset and is closed on Thursdays for maintenance.
Frisco Commons Park
8000 McKinney Rd.
One of Frisco’s most popular award-winning parks, Frisco Commons Park’s amenities make it a favorite for gatherings and events. It showcases three pavilions, a pond, the Frisco Veterans Memorial, and several trails. Frisco Commons Park is also home to Hope Park, a space designed for all abilities with rubberized footing, a sensory area, and adaptive playground equipment. On the east side of Frisco Commons lies the Frisco Commons Splash Pad (open May 15 – Sept. 30).
Frisco Water Park
5828 Nancy Jane Ln.
This outdoor water park, an extension of the Frisco Athletic Center, is open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. It offers water features for the whole family! Race down the Preston Plunge, lounge in the Lagoon, float the Lazy River, and much more. Frisco Athletic Center members get free access as part of their membership.
Harold Bacchus Community Park
13995 E. Main St.
Harold Bacchus Community Park provides access to 79 acres of baseball and softball practice facilities and fields, a bike trail, concessions, picnic tables, a playground, a pond, the Taychas Trail Connection, various walking trails, training tunnels, and restrooms. Bacchus Park also boasts numerous pieces of public art, including Double Play and Field of Play by Robin Brailsford.
On Deck Circle Training Tunnels
13995 E. Main St.
The “On Deck Circle” is a baseball and softball training area located within Harold Bacchus Community Park. Adjacent to the park’s north baseball 5-plex, the training area includes four training tunnels complete with nets, making it perfect for soft toss, live pitching, and batting opportunities.
Independence Parkway Practice Fields
11955 Independence Pkwy.
This 30-acre park with fields for special events and sports is home to cricket pitches, a football field, lush grass areas, a soccer field, and a walking trail.
Northeast Community Park
12895 Honey Grove Dr.
This expansive 74-acre park offers visitors cricket pitches, concession and storage buildings, a pond, fishing, picnic tables, a playground, multipurpose athletic fields, a walking trail, and Frisco Skate Park.
Frisco Skate Park
12895 Honey Grove Dr.
Located in Northeast Community Park, at more than 47,000 square feet, the Frisco Skate Park is one of the largest in North Texas. Its features include a street and terrain course with multiple lines, rails, bowls, a half-pipe, and more. This destination-sized, all-wheeled sports facility, designed for all levels of riders, caters to skateboards, bikes, in-line skates, and scooters.
Shawnee Trail Sports Complex
6501 Hillcrest Rd.
This 17.7-acre facility is dedicated to sports complexes and accommodates baseball and softball, sand volleyball, and tennis. It also has a basketball court, pavilion, playground, concessions, and restrooms.
Warren Sports Complex
7599 Eldorado Pkwy.
This large park provides space for baseball and softball, basketball, football, sand volleyball, soccer, and tennis. It also features a BBQ grill, concessions, a nature garden, picnic areas, a playground, a stocked pond, and walking trails. Be sure to check out the Frisco Garden Club’s beloved Freedom Meadow while you’re there!
Park hours
All parks open 30 minutes before sunrise and close 30 minutes after sunset except sports complexes, which close at midnight.
The Frisco Skate Park closes at 10 p.m.
Neighborhood Parks
Though it’s home to so many incredible community parks, Frisco has no shortage of neighborhood parks that make it easy to take part in outdoor activities within walking distance or close to home. Most, if not all, have playgrounds and open spaces for play, and much more.
Bicentennial Park
9349 Sunset Dr.
In addition to a colorful playground with various features, Bicentennial Park provides visitors with a BBQ grill, pavilion, picnic tables, and the Nancy Lieberman Charities Basketball Court.
Boyd Park
355 Stonebrook Pkwy.
Boyd Park, which includes a pleasant three-acre fishing pond and pier, spans almost ten acres and offers fantastic walking trails and seating areas.
Cannaday Recreation Area
9800 Sean Dr.
Cannaday Recreation Area boasts a bike trail, fitness equipment, picnic tables, a recently updated playground, a tennis court, open field space for play, and a walking trail. There are also practice fields for diamond and rectangle sports.
Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt
3925 Bear Creek Ln.
The Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt includes two miles of trails, wetlands, and ponds, as well as platforms for fishing and viewing wildlife. In 2018, it won a Texas Recreation and Park Society award for the best park design in the state in its population category. Its unique ecosystem features off-channel ponds, Blackland Prairie, and wetlands.
Kathy Seei Park (previously Central Park)
3155 Parkwood Dr.
Located in the heart of the city and known for its life-size western-themed sculptures, Central Park was recently unanimously voted to be renamed Kathy Seei Park after one of Frisco’s beloved impactful mayors. It is home to a public art installation called Cattle Drive by Anita Pauwels. The installation features larger-than-life bronze sculptures and quotations that represent the historic cattle drive along the Shawnee Trail. In addition to the artwork, there is an 8-acre park with a small pond, a running brook, an amphitheater, walking trails, and benches for visitors to enjoy.
J.C. Grant Park
8220 Wade Blvd.
This neighborhood park provides access to a BBQ grill, bike trail, playground, and walking trail. It is also complete with seating benches, a pavilion, and practice fields for both diamond and rectangle sports. Look for the stone horse and covered wagon!
Hummingbird Park
11605 Beeville Dr.
These four acres of outdoor space feature an amphitheater, nature garden, pavilion, walking trail, seating arbor, and picnic tables.
Jimmy and Clara Jones Park
6103 Page St.
One of Frisco’s newest parks, Jimmy and Clara Jones Park offers unique water features and interpretive play elements. This ADA-accessible park also offers visitors scenes of lush grass areas for play, a pavilion with picnic tables, and a walking trail.
Limestone Quarry Park
1230 Maltby Dr.
The 17-acre Limestone Quarry Park is ADA-accessible and features lovely mosaic artwork. Visitors will find a basketball court, playground, trails, and water features. The park also has a BBQ grill, benches, picnic tables, and more. This park is part of the Taychas Trail System and is bordered on one side by Rowlett Creek. (yes, it’s where the secret waterfall is!)
Plum Creek Park
6350 Plum Creek Rd.
Adjacent to Pearson Middle School, this bright and inviting 5.8-acre acre park, complete with public art on display, has a basketball court, pavilion, playground, and walking trail.
Monarch View Park
1900 Koehn Dr.
This unique and imaginative park design mimics the migration patterns of the monarch butterfly. The bright landscape includes a native wildflower prairie to attract and create an environment for migrating monarch butterflies and Texas native birds. Additional park amenities include a public art display, a children’s playground with multiple play areas, a multi-use court, and walking trails. (Be sure to go to the top of the hill where the butterfly statues are – the view is gorgeous!)
Pearson Acres Park
7550 Teel Pkwy.
This park’s play structures have a canopy installed for shade from the hot sun. With a covered area with seating and tables, there is also a four-seat seesaw, music play area, and rotating climbing structure. The park has workout equipment, a basketball court, and a shaded pavilion, in addition to a sculpture called Making Friends by Faducci, which was inspired by the dairy farm Charles Pearson founded on the park’s original site.
Wranglers Range Park
777 Cedar Ranch Rd.
Wrangler’s Range is located in the Phillips Creek Ranch subdivision and includes a shade structure, a children’s playground, a multi-use court, walking trails, and a unique display of public art.
Shepherds Glen Park and Splash Pad
12012 Shepherds Hill Dr.
The splash pad, open May 15 through September 30, is one of many features included in this 13-acre neighborhood park. Shepherds Glen Park also offers visitors a convenient pavilion, playground, rectangle practice field, and walking trail.
Tuscany Meadows Park
5611 Sims Way
The six-acre Tuscany Meadows Park has benches, a pavilion, picnic tables, and practice fields for diamond and rectangle sports. It also has a playground with shade elements, a walking trail, and plenty of open green space.
Bluebonnet and Wildflower Photo Ops!
Several Frisco parks, including Freedom Meadow at Warren Sports Complex, Monarch View Park, Frisco Commons Park Meadow, Pearson Acres Park and the Wildflower Loop along Big Bluestem Trail at Grand Park, offer excellent spots to see the state flower and additional native species of plants and wildflowers. March-May is the peak season for bluebonnets and wildflowers in north Texas, so keep your eyes peeled for nature’s beauty. Check out these parks to see and photograph these beautiful blooms as they show up around Frisco!
Natural Areas
In Frisco, you never know when you might be in the right place to spot wildlife or stumble upon a relaxing, reclusive area to read that book you have been meaning to start for weeks!
1135 Wildlife Preserve
Located at the intersection of Carraway Drive and Teel Parkway
With more than 38 acres of restored Blackland Prairie, this wildlife preserve features 3.1 miles of walking trails, native plant habitat, and two different ponds for fishing.
Freedom Meadow at Warren Sports Complex
7599 Eldorado Pkwy.
Covering an expansive five acres, Freedom Meadow at Warren Sports Complex was dedicated in 2002 as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Located on the northeast corner of Warren Sports Complex, the area is seeded with native wildflowers thanks to the help of the Frisco Garden Club.
Did You Know?
Named after its rich, dark soil, The Blackland Prairie is the primary ecological region in Frisco and throughout most of North Texas. This land runs 300 miles from the Red River in North Texas all the way down to San Antonio in the south. This unique Texas ecoregion consists of about 5,000 acres. Early settlers were attracted to the area because of its rich soils and abundant grasses (ideal for farming). Frisco has many notable locations where residents can experience these natural environments for themselves.
Trails
From trees and flowers to fresh air and wild animals, you can truly see it all here in Frisco’s growing system of hiking and bike trails. Be sure to check out the official interactive Frisco trails map at friscotexas.gov. There, you can even take a sneak peek at some of the exciting trails in the online video.
Beavers Bend Trail
Located in Beavers Bend Park and extending to 4th Army Drive, this 1.2-mile trail will eventually connect with B.F. Phillips Sports Complex. This open trail winds around a pond and features a second playground structure alongside it.
Big Bluestem Trail at Grand Park
These 2.2 miles of unpaved trails pass through the undeveloped land in Grand Park and extend to Stonebrook Parkway. An optional unpaved wildflower meadow loop allows trailblazers to spot plants and animals.
Caddo Trail
This paved 1.1-mile trail runs along Stewart Creek, south of Stonebrook Parkway, and extends through the Chapel Creek development connecting to J.C. Grant Park, adjacent to Spears Elementary School.
College Parkway Trail
A paved 1.2-mile trail, College Parkway Trail, runs along the TXU easement from College Parkway north past Rolater Road to the Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College, Shawnee Trail Sports Complex, Shepherds Glen Park, and north to Main Street.
Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt Trail
Located within the Cottonwood Creek Greenbelt, this 1.2-mile trail runs from Teel Parkway under the Dallas North Tollway to Wakeland High School. This is a popular route for birding, fishing, and road biking in quiet moments of solitude.
Griffin Parc Trail
Within the Griffin Parc subdivision, Griffin Parc Trail is a series of public biking and hiking trails running 1.1 miles from Legacy Drive west to Teel Parkway.
Ironhorse Trail
Located at the southern border of Teel Parkway, this decomposed 1.2-mile granite trail winds along 38.6 acres of restored Blackland Prairie, two ponds, and a distinctive native plant habitat. Hikers can view wood duck and merganser habitat boxes used to encourage breeding.
Lone Star Ranch Trail
Lone Star Ranch Trail is a series of concrete trails within the Lone Star Ranch development. It runs between Timber Ridge Drive and Lebanon Road. The trail offers picturesque views of the neighborhood’s ponds and easy access to a playground.
Monarch Trail
This 0.2-mile trail, located south of Little Ranch Road and east of FM 423, between Coneflower Drive and Gray Fox Lane in the Glen View subdivision, provides a pedestrian connection from FM 423 to Teel Parkway, linking the Glen View and Gray Hawk communities to the new Monarch View Park, Phillips Elementary School, and Northwest Community Park.
PGA Trail
Located on the south side of PGA Frisco, this new 3.52-mile trail runs from Legacy Drive to Teel Parkway.
Northwest Community Park Trail
While plans are in motion for Northwest Community Park, it’s currently the location of Frisco NW Community Park Trail – a mountain biking trail built by volunteers from the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association (DORBA). Directly across Teel from Stafford Middle School, it was built by volunteers from DORBA, Shawnee Trail Cycling Club, and Frisco Cycling and is currently maintained by DORBA. (The City of Frisco owns the property, and all City of Frisco Park rules & regulations are applicable to this trail.)
Starwood Trail
Located within the Starwood subdivision, this 1.3-mile starts in Starwood neighborhood park and runs from Lebanon Road north to Stonebrook Parkway.
Taychas Trail
Located along West Rowlett Creek, this 2.2-mile series of trails runs north from Limestone Quarry Park, past Rolater Road to Independence Parkway, into Harold Bacchus Community Park, and then north to Main Street. This trail system is projected to join the Six Cities Trail system in the future. The trailhead features an overlook with historical information.
Trails of West Frisco Trail
Located within the Trails of West Frisco development, this 0.8-mile series of hiking and biking trails runs from Teel Parkway and FM 720 north to Teel Parkway and Cottonwood Creek.
