Western Hills Neighborhood Park is located on the west side of Fort Worth near Loop 820 and lies just northeast of Leonard Middle School along a tributary of Marys Creek. The landscape is relatively flat with the creek running along the northeast edge of the park a few feet lower than the main park area. There are two pedestrian bridges passing over the creek from the Western Hills Subdivision at the far north and far southeast ends of the park. The adjacent subdivision homes were largely built in 1960.
The park's ecosystem is classified as Urban Low Intensity. It is regularly mowed and grasses such as buffalograss, windmill grass, and exotic bluestems are found in various areas, as well as common lawn plants such as white clover, cretanweed, bindweed, and salsify. Some native wildflowers can be found here regardless of mowing, such as milkweed, sunflowers, and ten-petal anemone. Birds including phoebes, sparrows, wrens, and blue jays call from the trees; and dragonflies and damselflies dart about. Fox squirrels chatter in the oaks, and sugar hackberries and live oak trees provide shade.
From a geological perspective the park soil is largely of the Sanger Series vertisols, which are clay-rich soils that shrink and swell with changes in moisture content. The parkland has been modified from its natural state over the years and much of it would now be classified as urban land. Underlying the park is Cretaceous period Goodland Limestone bedrock. Several exposures of this rock can be seen along the banks of the creek.
View animal, plant and insect species observed at Western Hills Neighborhood Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.
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8850 Chapin Road, Fort Worth 76116 View Map
8850 Chapin Road , Fort Worth 76116
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