How To Maximize Your Spring Break In Dallas
When it comes to family vacations, Spring Break is easily one of the best times of the year. It’s a great opportunity to sneak away with the family and have a new adventure or two. The only problem is deciding where to go. Of course, we’re probably biased, but we know Dallas is one of the best destinations for exciting Spring Break adventures and here are ten of our favorites:
Updated: March 2026
Trinity Forest Adventure Park
Despite being a major metropolitan city, Dallas still has incredible green spaces like Trinity Forst Adventure Park. Test your balance and coordination walking across wobble bridges, tight ropes, and cargo nets before soaring through the canopy on one of 30 zip lines.
Dallas Zoo
Have you ever wanted to feed a giraffe? Come to the Dallas Zoo, and you’ll get your wish at the Giants of the Savanna. You’ll also have a chance to see stunning animals from around the world that you usually only see in nature documentaries. Which will you visit first? The okapi, maned wolf, clouded leopard, or Galapagos tortoise?
Museum of Illusions
Your eyes won’t help you here, so get ready to be deceived at the Museum of Illusions. A mind-bending collection of optical illusions, each exhibit tests your sense of reality. Stare into the abyss, lose your sense of gravity or enter the vortex at this visual spectacle.
JadeWaters Resort Pool
Nestled in the Hilton Anatole, JadeWaters Resort Pool Complex will deliver a splash-filled delight to your family's spring break plans. From thrilling 180 ft. slides to a chill swim-up bar, your family will soak up the sun in style. Kids splash and play, lazy river adventures, and luxury cabanas make every moment unforgettable.
DFW Scavenger Hunt
Ready to help track down a notorious art thief? The Arts District Heist scavenger hunt challenges you to search for clues while exploring the sculptures, murals and historical sites that make the Arts District so unique.
Zero Latency VR
Suit up and get ready to fight because it’s time to save the world. Zero Latency is a free-roam virtual reality experience that lets you explore the digital world around you while taking out killer zombies, rogue robots, drones, and more in one of their 7 different immersive scenarios.
Old City Park
Step back in time and see what living in Dallas was like in the 19th century. Old City Park is a collection of the most prominent and best-preserved pioneer and Victorian homes from Dallas’ rich history.
Perot Museum
Why is a day on Venus longer than a year? How heavy isa cumulus cloud? What’s the fastest animal on Earth? If these are the kind of questions you and your kids love exploring, you need to visit the Perot Museum of Nature and Science as soon as possible.
Dallas Museum of Art
Explore centuries of human history under one roof. From ancient Egyptian sculptures that highlight our earliest civilization to modern art that makes you tilt your head in confusion, the Dallas Museum of Art offers a unique look into the artistic soul of humanity from every century and corner of the globe.
