Longhorns, a park over a freeway and the story of November 1963
The Dallas scavenger hunt is a self-guided city game you play on your phone: you walk from landmark to landmark through downtown Dallas, solve a riddle at each one by looking closely at what is in front of you, and unlock the stories behind it. From the lawns above the freeway to the spiral chapel, the walking itself comes to about 54 minutes and 3.8 km across 10 stops, while riddles, stories and breaks stretch the game to roughly 3 hours that begin whenever you choose.
Highlights include Klyde Warren Park, built on a deck over a freeway, the museums of the Arts District and the West End, Dealey Plaza and the Kennedy Memorial, the bronze longhorns of Pioneer Plaza and the spiral chapel of Thanks-Giving Square. Downtown's sights lie close together, so on foot you see how Dallas grew from a 19th-century cattle town into a modern business city.
- Durationabout 3 hours
- Walkingabout 54 min · 3.8 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish
A game through downtown Dallas, from the Arts District to the spiral chapel
A glass escalator, 49 bronze steers, 72 white columns
Each stop hides a riddle in what you can see from outside: the escalator jutting out of the Perot Museum's cube, the cattle drive on Pioneer Plaza, the concrete columns of the Kennedy Memorial. Sharp eyes and a little logic solve it, with no Texas history lesson needed beforehand.
From cattle trail to Elm Street
Every solved riddle opens a story: how John Neely Bryan founded Dallas near today's Dealey Plaza in 1841, why longhorns were driven north along the Shawnee Trail, and what happened as the presidential motorcade passed on November 22, 1963. If you would rather look up at the downtown towers than down at your screen, the audio narration can tell each story instead.
3.8 km across the downtown grid
The walking adds up to about 54 minutes: from Klyde Warren Park through the Arts District, over to the West End, down to Dealey Plaza and back east through the business district. Google Maps leads you from stop to stop on mostly level sidewalks.
Food trucks in the park, shade in the West End
No clock is running, so grab lunch from the food trucks at Klyde Warren Park, sit out the midday heat in the West End or stop the game and pick it up the next day. Between the West End and the business district, the app adds its own tips for local food and shopping.
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How it works
- Book online Choose the number of players. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Play when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who plays: conference guests, Texas families and colleagues from the towers
A first day in Dallas
In about 3 hours you see the Arts District, the place where Kennedy was shot and the bronze herd that recalls the old cattle trails, which suits a conference break, a layover or the day you arrive. The riddles give the downtown blocks a thread to follow.
Kids who count longhorns
Children enjoy looking for the three trail riders among the bronze steers on Pioneer Plaza, spotting the escalator that sticks out of the Perot cube and running across the lawns of Klyde Warren Park, always with a grown-up on the team.
Teams from the towers nearby
Teams of up to 5 each play on their own phones, and a whole office can set off from the Klyde Warren Park lawn in waves a few minutes apart. Thanks-Giving Square at the finish is a quiet public park, handy for regrouping before everyone heads back to the office.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Teams of up to 5 work best; bigger groups split into several teams, one ticket per player.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Very nice way to explore the city !