What are the best things to do in Dallas?

The sights we could check are the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, the Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park, Reunion Tower, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, the Dallas Arboretum, the Dallas Zoo, AT&T Stadium tours in Arlington and the Stockyards cattle drive in Fort Worth. Each has its source below.

What are the free things to do in Dallas?

General admission to the Dallas Museum of Art is free, says dma.org, but every visitor needs a ticket. Klyde Warren Park is free and open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., says the park. The Fort Worth Stockyards cattle drive is free and open to the public, says the Stockyards.

Where should I stay in Dallas?

Downtown or the Arts District if you want the Sixth Floor Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park and the Perot Museum close. Near DFW Airport if you want the Orange Line. In Fort Worth if the Stockyards are the point of your trip. This is our read of the addresses. We checked no hotel rates.

How do you get from DFW Airport to downtown Dallas?

Take the DART Orange Line from DFW Airport Terminal A Station, near Entry A10. All Orange Line trains serve downtown. A local day pass is $6 and a 3-hour pass is $3. A 2014 DART post gave 50 minutes to West End Station, and we could not confirm that is current.

Do you need a car in Dallas?

Not for downtown or the airport, where DART rail runs. A car or a rideshare is easier for the Arboretum, the Zoo and AT&T Stadium, because we did not check a transit route to them. Fort Worth works by train and bus.

When is the Fort Worth Stockyards cattle drive?

Every day at 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., weather permitting, says the Stockyards. It is free. The best viewing spot is in front of the Livestock Exchange Building at 131 East Exchange Avenue. The Fort Worth Herd page says there are no drives on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day.

How do you get from Dallas to the Fort Worth Stockyards?

Ride the Trinity Railway Express to Fort Worth Central Station, then take Trinity Metro's Orange Line bus north to the Stockyards. The TRE has no regular Sunday service. A regional day pass is $9 on the TRE fares page. The Stockyards site still says $12, so trust the operator's page.

What is the best time to visit Dallas?

The NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals for the DFW Airport station show April at an average high of 76 degrees and October at 78. August is the hottest month at 95.8. May has the most rain at 4.78 inches.

Things to Do in Dallas

The things to do in Dallas that we could check are the Sixth Floor Museum, the free Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park, Reunion Tower, the Perot Museum, the Dallas Arboretum, the Dallas Zoo, AT&T Stadium tours in Arlington and the free cattle drive at the Fort Worth Stockyards. Downtown and the airport work without a car on DART rail. We read each official page on 15 October 2026.

The sights, with address, hours and price

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Address: 411 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75202 (Sixth Floor Museum, plan your visit page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last ticket sold and last entry at 4:15 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday (same page)

Price: At the door: adult $27, senior 65 and over $25, youth 6 to 18 $23. Ages 0 to 5 free. Online tickets are $24, $22 and $20, plus a $1 fee per ticket (same page and the museum's visit page)

The museum is in the former Texas School Book Depository building. The main exhibit is on the sixth floor, says the page. Rolling luggage and items larger than 14 by 22 by 9 inches must be checked at the front desk for $5 an item.

Dallas Museum of Art

Address: 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, TX 75201 (Dallas Museum of Art, visit page, read in a browser 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day (same page)

Price: General admission is free. Every visitor needs a ticket, whatever their age. You can reserve it online or get it at the Guest Services Desk. Special exhibitions need their own ticket, and the page gives no price for them (same page)

The page says bags such as backpacks, purses and tote bags cannot be worn on your back. The Coat Check at the Main Entrance is free.

Klyde Warren Park

Address: 2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Dallas, TX 75201 (Klyde Warren Park, FAQ page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Daily, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. (same page)

Price: Free. The page says the activities held in the park are free and open to the public (same page)

The park is 5.4 acres, built on a deck over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and opened in October 2012, says the park's history page. It links the Uptown neighborhood with the Arts District and downtown, says the same page. The FAQ lists free Wi-Fi.

Reunion Tower GeO-Deck

Address: 300 Reunion Blvd E, Dallas, TX 75207 (Reunion Tower, contact page, read in a browser 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Open every day except Christmas Day. Hours change by season and for events, so the FAQ sends you to the tower's calendar. Ticket sales close and the last elevator goes up 30 minutes before closing (Reunion Tower, FAQ and site banner, same date)

Price: Not confirmed. The ticket prices sit in a booking tool we could not read, and resellers list different prices, so we give none

The GeO-Deck is 470 feet up, with indoor and outdoor parts, says the tower. Walk-up tickets are sold, but the FAQ suggests buying ahead on weekends and holidays. Self-parking is at 601 Sports Street and costs $15 for up to 4 hours, says the FAQ.

Bishop Arts District

Address: Not confirmed. The Bishop Arts Merchant's Association site says the association has no physical location, and it gives no district address (bishopartsdistrict.com, contact page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Not confirmed. Each shop and restaurant sets its own

Price: No entry fee is listed

The association's home page lists a Wine Walk with a "Buy Tickets" link and no price. We give no walking route or shop list.

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden

Address: 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218 (Dallas Arboretum, visit page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day (Dallas Arboretum, hours and admission page, same date)

Price: Monday to Thursday: adult $21.95, child 3 to 12 $17.95. Friday to Sunday: adult $25.95, child $21.95. Parking is $15 a vehicle. The Museums for All program is $3 per ticket, with free parking. Prices apply only when bought on the Arboretum's own site (same page)

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Address: 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, TX 75201 (Perot Museum, visit page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday closed through 7 April 2027, except special holiday hours (same page)

Price: General admission: adult 13 and over $27, youth 2 to 12 $17. Members free. The page lists no senior price. Parking in Lot B under the Woodall Rodgers Freeway is $15 a vehicle (same page)

Dallas Zoo

Address: 650 S. R. L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, TX 75203 (Dallas Zoo, plan your visit page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Not confirmed. The page shows only a "today" line that changes by day

Price: Tickets start at $18 and vary by entry date. Kids 2 and under are free. All guests, including members, are asked to reserve tickets online before they visit (same page)

The page has a construction notice. It says Safari Marketplace is closed and areas near the Wilds of Africa plaza will close in phases.

AT&T Stadium tours, Arlington

Address: One AT&T Way, Arlington, TX 76011 (AT&T Stadium, home and tours pages, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: The tours page says tours are available daily and gives no times. All tour locations, including the field, are subject to availability, so ask about your date (same page)

Price: Not confirmed. The page lists no tour prices and sends you to a booking calendar. Gift cards come in $25, $50 and $100

The page lists a VIP Guided Tour, an Owner's Experience, a Self Guided Tour (limited basis), Gameday Tours by phone at 817-892-TOUR, an Art Tour and Educational Tours. Tickets are required for kids ages 5 and up on the Jerry Jones exhibit, says the page.

Fort Worth Stockyards cattle drive

Address: Viewing spot in front of the Livestock Exchange Building, 131 East Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76164 (Fort Worth Stockyards, FAQ and Fort Worth Herd event page, read 15 Oct 2026)

Hours: Every day at 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., weather permitting. No drives on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving or Christmas Day (same pages)

Price: Free and open to the public (FAQ page)

The event page names the Observation Deck on East Exchange Avenue as a good viewing spot. You can meet the Longhorns at their pens behind the Livestock Exchange Building before and after each drive. Drones are prohibited. The district is open 24 hours a day, but each restaurant and bar sets its own hours, says the FAQ.

Free things to do in Dallas

The Dallas Museum of Art. General admission is free, but you need a ticket.
Klyde Warren Park, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Stockyards cattle drive in Fort Worth, twice a day.
The Sixth Floor Museum is free for ages 0 to 5 only.

Dallas with kids

Dallas Museum of Art: free, but children need a ticket too.
Sixth Floor Museum: ages 0 to 5 free, ages 6 to 18 pay $23 at the door.
Perot Museum: youth 2 to 12 pay $17.
Dallas Arboretum: child 3 to 12 pays $17.95 on weekdays and $21.95 on weekends.
Dallas Zoo: kids 2 and under are free.
Stockyards cattle drive: free.

Where to stay in Dallas

We checked no hotel's rate or room list, so we give no prices. This is our read of the sight addresses above.

Area	What it is near
Downtown and the Arts District	The Sixth Floor Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park, Reunion Tower, the Perot Museum, and DART rail transfers at Pearl/Arts District, St. Paul, Akard and West End
Near DFW Airport	Terminal A Station on the Orange Line
Fort Worth Stockyards	The cattle drive, a train and bus ride from Dallas
Arlington	AT&T Stadium at One AT&T Way

Downtown suits a first visit with no car. Check your own dates, because rates change with events.

Getting around Dallas

The Trinity Railway Express fares page lists the DART tickets (read 15 Oct 2026). A local day pass is $6 and a regional day pass is $9. A reduced day pass is $4.50. A 3-hour local pass is $3, or $1.50 reduced. A TRE one-way pass is $6, sold only in the GoPass app and good for 75 minutes. A Dallas Streetcar one-way pass is $1. The local day pass covers DART buses and trains, GoLink, the Dallas Streetcar and the TRE between EBJ Union Station and CentrePort. The regional day pass adds all TRE service, Trinity Metro buses and TEXRail in Fort Worth, and DCTA in Denton.

DFW Airport to downtown Dallas

The DART Orange Line serves DFW Airport Terminal A Station, near Gate A10, via a walkway on the lower level near Entry A10. All Orange Line trains serve downtown Dallas, and you can switch to other lines at Pearl/Arts District, St. Paul, Akard or West End, says DART. A local pass covers the ride, so the fare is $6 for a day or $3 for 3 hours. DART said in a news release of 15 January 2026 that its Red, Blue, Green and Orange lines run every 20 minutes in weekday peak hours from 2 February 2026. We did not read a midday, night or weekend frequency. The DART Silver Line stops at Terminal B, but it does not go downtown.

The ride time is not on the DART pages we read. A DART Daily post dated 11 August 2014 listed 50 minutes from DFW Airport Station to West End and 56 minutes to Pearl/Arts District. Its fares are out of date, so treat the times as old and not confirmed. A second route is the TRE LINK shuttle bus to the CentrePort/DFW Airport TRE station. The TRE site says that since 3 August 2026 it picks up on the lower level of Terminal B. DART's airport page still says Terminal D, so check the sign on the day. TRE LINK does not run on Sundays. We did not read a taxi or rideshare fare.

Dallas to Fort Worth

The TRE links downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth. For the Stockyards, the Stockyards site says to get off at Fort Worth Central Station and take Trinity Metro's Orange Line bus north. This is a Trinity Metro bus, not the DART Orange Line. The TRE fares page, with prices effective 1 March 2026, says a regional day pass is $9 and covers all TRE zones, all Trinity Metro buses and DART. The Stockyards site still says $12. We use the operator's figure. The TRE home page says trains run Monday to Saturday, with no regular Sunday service. The exception is the State Fair of Texas, which runs to 18 October 2026.

Do I need a car in Dallas?

Not for downtown or the airport. DART rail connects DFW Airport and downtown. For Dallas Love Field, DART says to ride rail to Inwood/Love Field Station and take the Route 5 Love Link bus. The Sixth Floor Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park and the Perot Museum are in the center by address. We did not measure walking times. We did not check transit routes to the Arboretum, the Zoo or AT&T Stadium, so a car or a rideshare is the safe plan there. Fort Worth works by train and bus, but the TRE has no regular Sunday service. If you drive, the Arboretum charges $15 to park and the Perot Museum charges $15 in Lot B.

Best time to visit Dallas

These are NOAA 1991 to 2020 monthly normals for the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport station, read from the NCEI data service on 15 October 2026. Highs and lows are in degrees Fahrenheit.

Month	Average high	Average low	Rain (inches)
March	68.6	47.8	3.30
April	76.1	55.2	3.22
August	95.8	75.7	2.18
October	78.4	57.1	4.37

August is the hottest month at 95.8 degrees on average. April sits near 76 degrees and October near 78. May has the most rain at 4.78 inches in the same data. The comparison is ours; NOAA does not rank the months.

What we checked and what can change

Read on 15 October 2026: the Sixth Floor Museum's visit and plan your visit pages, the Dallas Museum of Art's visit page, Reunion Tower's contact and FAQ pages, Klyde Warren Park's FAQ and Our Story pages, the Dallas Arboretum's visit, hours and admission pages, the Perot Museum's visit page, the Dallas Zoo's plan your visit page, AT&T Stadium's home and tours pages, the Fort Worth Stockyards' home, FAQ, get here and Fort Worth Herd event pages, the Bishop Arts Merchant's Association home and contact pages, DART's DFW Airport, DFW Airport Station and Love Field pages, DART's news release of 15 January 2026 on rail frequency, the Trinity Railway Express home, fares and TRE LINK pages, and NOAA NCEI 1991 to 2020 monthly normals. The 2014 ride times come from a DART Daily post dated 11 August 2014.

Not confirmed: Reunion Tower's ticket prices and opening times, the Dallas Museum of Art's special exhibition prices, the Bishop Arts District's address and hours, the Dallas Zoo's hours, AT&T Stadium tour prices, the current DFW Airport to downtown ride time, first and last train times, off-peak train frequency, whether a transit route serves the Arboretum, the Zoo or AT&T Stadium, any taxi or rideshare fare, and any hotel rate. The Stockyards site gives $12 for the regional day pass and the TRE site gives $9. DART and the TRE disagree on which terminal TRE LINK uses. Prices and hours change, so check the operator's page for your date. We did not visit Dallas for this page.