FAMILY FUN GUIDE

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Sports Fanatics

Catch a pro sports game: see the NFL Dallas Cowboys play at AT&T Stadium; the MLB Texas Rangers play at Globe Life Field; watch the Dallas Jackals and North Texas Soccer Club play at Choctaw Stadium; or the WNBA Dallas Wings play at College Park Center on UT Arlington’s beautiful campus. Get your game day tickets at UTATickets.com

Tee up a day of golf at one or all of Arlington Golf’s four courses:

Meadowbrook Park, Lake Arlington, Texas

Rangers Golf Club, and Tierra Verde (dine inside this golf clubhouse at the delicious Ventana Grille). Or head to the Golf Center of Arlington, which offers a driving range with state-of-the-art ball tracking capabilities and mini golf. Waterchase Golf Club is also right up the road.

Tennis players can find twenty lighted outdoor courts at Arlington Tennis Center.

Esports Stadium Arlington

is the largest esports stadium in North America, featuring numerous esports tournaments where you can participate or be a spectator.

Learn about the sport of bowling at Arlington’s famed

International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame.

Traveling with small children? Look for this icon to see which activities are friendly and fun for your little ones.

Enthusiastic Learners

The Planetarium at UTA, one of the three largest planetariums in Texas, is on the UT-Arlington campus. Astronomers lead educational sessions for the public and answer all your burning star questions.

The George W. Hawkes Downtown Library has three levels and a rooftop garden, plus a digital art lab and a special makerspace for the crafty.

Learn some local history at Top O’ Hill Terrace, known as “Vegas Before Vegas” in the 1920s. Today, you can tour this historic Texas landmark at a scheduled time or by appointment. See more on "Moonshine and Poker" on page 22.

Opening in 2024, the

National Medal of Honor

Museum will tell stories of Medal of Honor recipients and the wars in which they fought. Children of all ages are sure to feel inspired at museum’s educational center.

For history buffs, exhibits at

The Fielder House Museum

feature Arlington residents and cultural milestones.

Nature Explorers

Enjoy the Trinity River at River Legacy Park, where you can hike, bike, or paddle the day away. Eight miles of paved trails keep the casual hiker happy.

Fishers can catch and release in three ponds at the 58-acre Southwest Nature Preserve. This place is a favorite of local birdwatchers, too.

The River Legacy

Living Science Center’s interactive environmental exhibits will fascinate lovers of animals and plants.

Would-be geologists will love

Crystal Canyon Natural

Area, which is known for being a haven to calcareous fossil clams and fine grain sandstone.

Arlington is home to more than 90 parks, managed by Arlington Parks and Recreation—get out and explore them!

Thrill Seekers

Weatherproof adventure hubs delight stir-crazy kids and adults alike. Urban Air Adventure Park houses trampolines, ropes courses, and dodgeball courts to burn off some serious energy.

Go-kart junkies should beeline to K1 Speed for indoor racing.

With more than 40 thrilling rides, spectacular shows, and delicious food around every corner, Six Flags Over Texas is your destination for thrills and fun. With numerous world-class roller coasters, adrenaline junkies will get their fill of steep drops, spins, and flips with classic coasters like Titan and Texas Giant to El Diablo. 2022 brings the addition of Pirates of Speelunker Cave, a treasure hunt boat ride, and Aquaman Power Wave, a first-of-its-kind water coaster.

For the way younger crowd, head on over to Six Flags Over Texas’s Bugs Bunny Boomtown, where kids can explore and crawl around at Looney Toons Adventure Camp and aspiring thrill seekers can get their first taste of a roller coaster with Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster, specially designed for kids. The number one way to beat the summer heat in Arlington is Six Flags Hurricane Harbor. Splash the day away in the Surf Lagoon wave pool, float along in the Lazy River, or take the plunge on one of the many rides. Take a spin around one of three different slides that make up the new Banzai Pipeline. Each slide has its own twists and turns down more than three stories. Grab a multi-person intertube and share the adventure of rushing down rides like Black Hole, Tornado, and Tsunami Surge. Or fly solo down the Dive Bomber, Wahoo Racer, or the six-story Geronimo slide. Of course, you can't forget to let the little ones explore Hook's Ship, with shallow waters, water sprayers, and small slides. FUN FACT

Six Flags Over Texas, the first regional theme park in the country, is named for the six different nations that have governed Texas. The park’s grand opening was August 1, 1961 and admission was $2.75. Over 550,000 visitors came to the park in its first season!