Lewisville ISD Outdoor Learning Area Trail Loop [PRIVATE PROPERTY]

NOTE: This trail is apart of the Lewisville Independent School District (LISDOLA) and is ONLY open to the public for hiking the 2nd Saturday of every month from 9am-2pm. It is CLOSED to the public during weekdays because of school in session. No access is granted during weekdays. Just down Highway 121 business from I-35E in the eastern part of Lewisville is a special place that should be shared with your kids. It is the Lewisville Independent School District Outdoor Learning Area. LISDOLA is an eighty-acre tract of land located on the south side of Lake Lewisville Dam in Denton County. The landscape boasts wetlands, forests, fields, rivers and streams and contains approximately five miles of hiking trails. It provides teachers, students and visitors with an outdoor, hands-on-educational experiences. There are several trails of various lengths of easy hiking. All the trails are named and well marked. All arrows on the posts point back to Fish Hatchery Road. Numerous QR codes along the trails provide educational information about the bids and wildlife in the area. The LISDOLA nature trails are within the Eastern Cross Timbers region of Texas. The original region was approximately 19,000 square miles of gently rolling to hilly landscape. These nature trails are but a small remnant. The Cross Timbers are drought-stressed woodlands, populated by low-stature, slow-growing trees. It has typically sandy soils with some pockets of clay. The dominate tree is the Post oak. The surviving Post oaks are in the 200 to 400 year old range, though their diameter may be only 12-18 inches.