Cedar Hill: US67 @ Pleasant Run
Few places in North Texas have a history as closely tied to the cedar-covered limestone escarpment as Cedar Hill. The city occupies elevated ground southwest of Dallas, where rolling uplands stand apart from the surrounding Blackland Prairie. U.S. Route 67 is a principal corridor through Cedar Hill, and its interchange with Pleasant Run Road marks the city’s developed eastern side. Nearby Cedar Hill State Park reaches the shores of Joe Pool Lake and includes the Penn Farm Agricultural History Center, which interprets the region’s farm life. The town’s name recalls the juniper commonly called cedar that once covered these hills, while its roads connect neighborhoods and businesses with the wider Dallas–Fort Worth area.
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Cedar Hill lies along the Cedar Hill Escarpment in southwest Dallas County, where limestone ridges and oak woodland rise above the broad North Texas plains. Joe Pool Lake borders Cedar Hill State Park, a major local recreation area with shoreline, trails and camping. The park also contains the Penn Farm Agricultural History Center, preserving the buildings and working setting of a farm established by the Penn family in the 19th century. Cedar Hill marks a distinct transition from the Dallas–Fort Worth urban area to the Cross Timbers landscape of juniper, oak and prairie grasses. Browse other webcams across North Texas to place Cedar Hill in a wider geographic context.
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