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Friends of the SoPac Trail

Friends of the SoPac Trail is a group of neighbors who spent almost 10 years ensuring the funding and completion of the trail.
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With completion of the trail, the group will now focus on adding amenities to the trail and trail advocacy efforts. The SoPac Trail is a commuter and recreational hike and bike trail in East Dallas that runs from White Rock Lake to the Northwest along the former Southern Pacific Line railway. The trail serves as access to White Rock Lake for the Park Cities, North Dallas and Richardson as it runs

from Lawther Road north towards Forest Lane and US 75 - along the way joining with the Katy Trail extension, the Northhaven Trail, the Cottonwood Trail and the White Rock Creek Trail.

04/24/2026

Thanks so MULCH! 🌱🌳

Friends of the SoPac Trail recently gave our new trees a little extra love with fresh mulch along the trail. This simple step helps retain moisture, protect roots, and keep our growing canopy healthy and strong.

Big thanks to everyone who helps keep SoPac thriving—one layer at a time! 💚

03/28/2026

Under the leadership of Randy Elia and Allen Mabry, Friends of the SoPac Trail partnered with the Geocaching Group and Dallas Park and Recreation to host a geocaching CITO service event to spiff up the Northwest Highway underpass last weekend—and WHAT AN IMPACT! 🙌 🫟🗑️💪🏼

✅ Scraped and prepared the columns.
✅ Graffiti Removed
✅ New Paint Job
✅ New Column Signage
✅ Trash Clean-UP

This specific area has been riddled with homeless encampments, graffiti and trash.

Massive Gratitude to our friends at GEOCACHING. We hope you found this CITO cache “find” as fun as us! .

Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) is back for 2026! – Official Blog https://share.google/mpsdUnQ0Nh49L13wL

♥️

01/26/2026

Snow-kissed and silent ❄️
SoPac Trail showing off her winter coat.

01/10/2026

Neighborhood hero in action 💪♻️
Kicking off the new year with a true SoPac Trail hero in action! 🌿
Grateful for neighbors, like Brian, who step up to keep our community beautiful.

12/09/2025

We’re wrapping up the year with something fun!
Friends of the SoPac Trail is teaming up with the Dallas Bicycle Coalition for a Coffee Social Ride—because bikes + coffee = the perfect Saturday.

🚴‍♂️ When: THIS Saturday, December 13th
Coffee: 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Ride: 10:30 AM

☕ Where: Pull Through Coffee Bar — 4875 West Lawther

We’ll fuel up with some caffeine first (because priorities), then cruise through 8.6 miles of SoPac Trail goodness and the beautiful shores of White Rock Lake. Route.

Wanna roll with us? https://actionnetwork.org/events/december-coffee-social

The Loop Dallas Pull Through Coffee Bar Dallas Bicycle Coalition

12/03/2025

We’re wrapping up the year with something fun!
Friends of the SoPac Trail is teaming up with the Dallas Bicycle Coalition for a Coffee Social Ride—because bikes + coffee = the perfect Saturday.

🚴‍♂️ When: Saturday, December 13th
Coffee: 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Ride: 10:30 AM

☕ Where: Pull Through Coffee Bar — 4875 West Lawther

We’ll fuel up with some caffeine first (because priorities), then cruise through 8.6 miles of SoPac Trail goodness and the beautiful shores of White Rock Lake. Route.

Wanna roll with us? https://actionnetwork.org/events/december-coffee-social

Dallas Bicycle CoalitionThe Loop DallasPull Through Coffee Bar

10/31/2025

👻 Trick or Trail? You never know what spooky surprises await on the SoPac Trail!

Beware the Trail Monsters Ahead… 👀
Our trail’s full of Halloween spirit, creativity, and a little mischief! 🚴‍♀️🧙‍♀️🟢

10/26/2025

💗 The SoPac Trail was glowing pink this weekend!

Friends of the SoPac Trail congratulates all the fierce women and men who walked for a cure in the 3-Day Komen. Your pink shined bright and your energy brought incredible spirit to our trail! 👟🎀✨

10/24/2025

🌿 The SoPac Trail Garden was in full bloom for the Water Wise Landscape Tour last Saturday — just before the rains rolled in! 💧

We loved sharing how native plants bring beauty, support pollinators, and help conserve water. 🦋🌸

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn and celebrate sustainable gardening! 🌱💚

10/04/2025

👮‍♂️🚴‍♀️ A big thank-you to the Dallas Police Department for keeping the SoPac Trail safe for everyone! 🌳💚

Your presence helps make our trail a welcoming place for all who walk, run, and ride. We appreciate your dedication to our community!

09/30/2025

🫶🏻💚We recently completed our fifth year participating in Communities Foundation of Texas North Texas Giving Day, and this year, over $5,500 was donated, making it one of our most successful fundraising efforts.

We personally thanked each donor, though some were very generous and anonymous. We hope this note finds them with our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.

As we expressed gratitude to each donor, we highlighted the financial support and the vote of confidence that your donation represents.

Rest assured, we will continue our efforts by picking up trash, painting over graffiti, tending the garden and trees on our Saturday workdays, and doing everything possible to maintain and improve the SoPac Trail.

09/19/2025

🐝 Better to bee late than never!

Missed North Texas Giving Day? No worries—your support still makes a difference! 💚 Donations are still being accepted to help us keep the trail blooming, buzzing, and beautiful for everyone who walks, runs, or rides. 🌳🚴‍♀️👟

✅Give today:

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/Friends-Of-The-Sopac-Trail

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https://www.friendsofthesopactrail.org/

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