Parks

Elizabeth Creek Community Park

Dedication

2023

Size

124.41 acres

Fun facts

This 124.41-acre park was acquired (M&C 23-0780) in 2023 and is held in reserve.

Recreation

The park is currently in reserve status awaiting master planning and development. A sidewalk provides visual access to the park, but no trails pass through. This linear park follows Elizabeth Creek shaded by a riparian corridor. Wildlife viewing, especially birding, can be fruitful at this site.

History

Elizabeth Creek originates in Wise County and is named for a daughter of John B. Denton who was an early pioneer in the Denton area. The creek lent its name to an early settlement known as Elizabethtown (near Texas Motor Speedway). By 1859, the town was bustling with 6 saloons, a hotel, post office and a school (Justin Texas Area Historical Society).

Geology

The park's geology is comprised of Early Cretaceous Fort Worth Limestone and Duck Creek Formations. This formation hosts burrows and marine megafossils such as pecten, oysters, echinoids, and ammonites

Soils

The reserve park is comprised of Frio and Bosque Series soils. Frio soils are calcareous loamy and clayey soils found in floodplain alluvium. Bosque soils are deep well drained alluvium soils that formed in loamy, calcareous alluvium of Pleistocene age derived from limestone and shale.

Ecology

The dominant feature of the park is its namesake: Elizabeth Creek. This tree-lined stream runs through the park and provides an important corridor for wildlife.

View animal, plant and insect species observed at Elizabeth Creek Park and make some of your own observations through iNaturalist. See link under the "Related information" Section.

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