City of Fort Worth | Gateway Park Master Plan 2024

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Gateway Park is Fort Worth’s only metropolitan park, clocking in at just under 800 acres. It is larger than more than thirty Texas State Parks. It is over two miles long and spans parts of two ZIP codes.
Gateway Park was created when the Fort Worth city council approved the setting aside of 160 acres for the park in 1979. Most of the acreage had previously been part of the Riverside Wastewater Treatment Plant. Over the following years, several foundations contributed substantial additional acreage and the City bought additional tracts as they became available. The removal of eleven billboards along I-30 was also negotiated, which today allow us to enjoy the beauty of the park from the freeway. Because of these purchases and land donations, and through a park easement arrangement with Tarrant Regional Water District, the park has now grown to 791 acres. From its very beginning, Gateway Park was envisioned to be a regional draw. It was also envisioned to be left in a mostly natural state, with bike and hiking trails, picnic areas, and sports fields. Annually, Gateway Park receives 600,000 visits from across the county and beyond. Gateway Park opened to the public in May 1986, with one of its early events being the hosting of an overnight camp for a wagon train that was part of the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration. The wagon train had spent six months travelling the state, starting in Sulphur Springs and ending in Fort Worth. 137 wagons, 620 horses, and their handlers entered the park off Beach Street and spent the night. Governor Mark White spoke to the group at a cowboy breakfast the next morning.
Today, the park has numerous recreational facilities including baseball, softball, and soccer fields, shelters, grill, miles of trails, and Fort Woof, the city’s first off-leash dog park. Soccer fields were renovated in 2005. In 2009-2010, the park benefited from the volunteer labor of the Fort Worth Mountain Bike Association as members created a 5 ½-mile extension to existing mountain bike trails at the park. All of these improvements have been accomplished while still preserving beautiful and dense stands of native trees and grasses.

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Might want to start with fixing beach street first Ftworth.

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Proud to be a Fort Worth resident!

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As long as the disc golf course stays I'm good 😊