Join the Dallas Trekkers on March 21 for a true wild outdoor experience just 4 miles from downtown Dallas. Long pants and hiking shoes are recommended for hiking on the less traveled trails in the forest.

The hike starts in the beautiful manicured grounds of William Blair Jr. Park where your will find a fishing pond and a spectacular view of downtown Dallas. Start the walk with hike around the pond on a paved trail, take the optional Mural Loop, and then go over the levee to the Trinity Forest. Both the 5K and 10K routes explore the forest and area around a lake with a distinctive shape that local hikers have dubbed the Bart Simpson Lake.

The 10K route continues to the Texas Buckeye Trail. This paved and natural surface trail meanders into the Trinity River's hardwood bottomland forest and to the Trinity River's edge. The bottomland forest is full of mature Buckeye, Bur Oak, Cedar Elm and Pecan trees. With luck, the walk will coincide with the spring bloom of the white Buckeye flowers.

Start hiking: 8-11am, Finish: By 2pm

$3.

Info: DallasTrekkers.org or Dianne Duke, d.w.duke@live.com, 214-368-9730.