Sendera Ranch Neighborhood Park

Dedication

2017

Size

33.96 acres

Additional amenities

Bench
Electrical box
Fitness station
Playground area
Stand alone swing
Trail
Trash receptacle
Water feature

Fun facts

On May 9, 2017, the Fort Worth City Council accepted the dedication of approximately 33.96 acres of land for park purposes from Sendera Ranch Master Association, Inc. and Sendera Homeowners Association, Inc. in accordance with the Neighborhood and Community Park Dedication Policy. The developer constructed and installed a playground, two benches, two trash receptacles, a pet way station, four fitness stations with signage/trail markers, and approximately 2,629 linear feet of trail.

Recreation

A nearly 2-mile cement trail connects south of the park from Avondale Haslet Road to the north end of the park. Street parking to access the playground is along Sendera Ranch Boulevard.

Geology

The geology is the Fort Worth Limestone and Duck Creek Formations. There are many fossils in these formations. Pecten are more abundant in the Fort Worth Limestone while Gryphea are more abundant in the Duck Creek Fm. These fossils were formed during the Cretaceous Period when north Texas was covered by an inland sea. Other marine megafossils include oysters, echinoids, and ammonites.

Soils

The soils at the park are predominately Slidell Series, which is a calcareous clay soil. Denton soils are the next major series within the park. The Denton series consist of deep, well drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in clayey materials over residuum weathered from limestone bedrock of lower Cretaceous age. These nearly level or gently sloping soils are on backslopes and footslopes of ridges.

Ecology

The park is a Blackland Prairie wetland. The wetlands at Sendera Ranch Park are some of the few wetlands remaining in Fort Worth. Wetlands provide habitat to an abundance of native plants, pollinators, and wildlife. Fort Worth lies within the Central Flyway, which is an important neotropical migratory bird flight path. Wetlands and riparian corridors are where birds and other wildlife find food, water, and shelter.

Henrietta Creek flows through the park; merging with Elizabeth Creek, then Denton Creek and eventually flowing into Grapevine Lake. Our parks with riparian corridors, wetlands, and upland prairie provide critical ecosystem services that slow erosion and runoff and filter pollutants out of stormwater before it reaches regional drinking water reservoirs such as Grapevine Lake.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Sendera Ranch Neighborhood Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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