Llano Springs Park
Dedication
Size
Additional amenities
- This park is a reserve park with no current amenities.
- Sidewalk adjacent
Fun facts
On September 17, 2024, City Council adopted M&C 24-0799 accepting donated land to create a new neighborhood park in southwest Fort Worth. The Llano Springs Homeowner's Association, Inc. and the City mutually agree that the provision of such green spaces, in partnership and through collaboration, provides the most efficient and effective way to preserve, manage, develop and program such spaces. In accordance with the Park, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan, the Neighborhood and Community Park Dedication Policy, and the Good Natured Greenspace Initiative, preserving and protecting green space in the community provides lasting benefits for air quality, stormwater management, and the provision of open spaces for the physical and mental well-being of residents. The 21.898-acre site includes wildlife habitat of prairie, a wetland, a stream channel, and a freshwater pond. This donation will serve as a future amenity for the surrounding community by providing an opportunity for a future trail connection to the Benbrook Lake area.
Recreation
The natural area is features a wetland and ephemeral stream that flows to Benbrook Lake. This park is a reserve park that will eventually contribute to a trail network that connects to the lake.
Geology
The park lies completely within the Washita group (Duck Creek formation, Fort Worth limestone, Denton clay, Weno clay, Pawpaw formation, Main Street limestone, Grayson shale) geology, which is composed of Early Cretaceous period clay and limestone laid down in a marine environment. The thickness of this group is about 344 feet in Tarrant County. Ammonites, gastropods, oysters and other fossilized marine invertebrates may be found in this group.
Soils
The soils are a mix between Sanger and Bolar soil series. Sanger soils consists of very deep, well drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in clayey marine sediments. The Bolar series consists of moderately deep, well drained and permeable soils formed in interbedded limestones and calcareous marls. They occur on summits, shoulders, and backslopes of ridges on hills.
Ecology
The park is situated on what was once Fort Worth Prairie habitat east of Benbrook Lake. Fort Worth Prairie is a narrow strip of calcareous, upland prairie that lies between the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers and stretches between the Brazos River to the south and the Red River to the north. The Fort Worth Prairie has many endemic species (found nowhere else in the world). This narrow, linear park is situated around an unnamed ephemeral upland stream that drains into Benbrook Lake. The region is quickly filling in with housing subdivisions; which increases the importance of this park for the neighborhood and for wildlife. There is an associated shallow wetland pond with shoreline vegetation providing shelter for wildlife; making it a good location to observe winter waterfowl and sparrows.
See what plants and animals have been observed at Llano Springs Park and help contribute to citizen science by reporting your observations by using the iNaturalist link in the sidebar.
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Location
8450 FILBERT CIR, Fort Worth 76123 View Map
32.617213,-97.4192489
8450 FILBERT CIR ,
Fort Worth 76123
8450 FILBERT CIR ,
Fort Worth 76123
Llano Springs Park