North Texas is flat | DFW is all concrete | There's nowhere to be outside.
A lot of people believe that – even people who live here.
What they may not know is that scattered across North Texas are more than 275 miles of natural-surface trails where people ride, run, hike, walk and spend time outdoors every week.
And many of those trails don’t maintain themselves.
For more than 25 years, the Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association — DORBA — and its volunteers have worked with cities, land managers and local communities to help care for 25 trail systems across North Texas.
Each year, DORBA volunteers contribute more than 16,000 hours maintaining those trails.
They clear fallen trees. Repair erosion. Maintain drainage. Mow and trim. Repair bridges. Replace signage. Operate equipment. Organize workdays. Advocate for trail access. And handle the countless jobs most trail users never see.
So whether you already know and love these trails — or are just discovering that they exist — there’s something important to understand:
This North Texas Giving Day, your donation helps provide the tools, equipment, materials and resources needed to care for the trails that give North Texans a place to ride, run, hike, walk and get outside.
Help us keep NTX outside.
DORBA helps keep North Texans outside.
For more than 25 years, our volunteers have worked with cities, land managers and community partners to maintain and protect natural-surface trails across North Texas. Today, those trails are used by mountain bikers, trail runners, hikers, walkers and families throughout the region.
Our work includes trail maintenance, storm cleanup, drainage, erosion repair, bridge and signage upkeep, land-access advocacy and the coordination of thousands of volunteer hours each year.
Our goal is simple: care for the places that give North Texans somewhere to get outside.
Free to Use. Not Free to Maintain.
DORBA is powered by volunteers, but maintaining more than 275 miles of trail requires real financial support.
Your North Texas Giving Day donation helps fund trail tools, mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, equipment repairs, bridge materials, erosion control, drainage work, storm cleanup, signage, insurance and land-access advocacy.
Our volunteers contribute more than 15,000 hours every year. Your donation gives them the tools and resources they need to put those hours to work.
The trails are free to use. They are not free to maintain.
Help us keep NTX outside.
Organization name
Dallas Off-Road Bicycle Association
other names
DORBA
Tax id (EIN)
75-2669066
Causes
Parks and Greenspaces
Operating Budget
$100,000 - $249,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Johnson, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
6333 E Mockingbird Ln Ste 147 PMB 619