About Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center

Our mission is to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas, using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Our goal is to connect with our communities through a variety of education programs, hands-on conservation, and special events that inspire our communities to learn about our local ecosystem, which builds interest in protecting our wild spaces.  

Located 16 miles south of downtown Dallas in Cedar Hill, Dogwood Canyon is part of the White Rock Escarpment, a ridge of Austin Chalk limestone that rises 200 feet to over 800 feet in Cedar Hill. One can find a variety of rare species in Dogwood Canyon. Plants and animals from east, west, and central Texas converge here, making the canyon the only place where one can find the Black-chinned Hummingbird of west Texas nesting in the flowering dogwood tree of east Texas.

Audubon owns or manages over 200 acres of nearly pristine wildlife habitat in the canyon, and because the property neighbors university, county, and state lands, it is part of a nearly 3,000-acre greenbelt in southwest Dallas County.  

Since 2011, Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center has been welcoming visitors and inviting them to participate in nature education programs. 

Urban Getaway

Located 16 miles south of downtown Dallas in Cedar Hill, Dogwood Canyon is part of the White Rock Escarpment, a ridge of Austin Chalk limestone that rises 200 feet to over 800 feet in Cedar Hill. One can find a variety of rare species in Dogwood Canyon. Plants and animals from east, west, and central Texas converge here, making the canyon the only place where one can find the Black-chinned Hummingbird of west Texas nesting in the flowering dogwood tree of east Texas.

Audubon owns or manages more than 200 acres of nearly pristine wildlife habitat in the canyon, and because the property neighbors university, county, and state lands, it is part of a nearly 3,000-acre greenbelt in southwest Dallas County. 

Nature Education

Since 2011, Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center has been welcoming visitors and inviting them to participate in nature education programs. We preserve open space not just to protect birds, wildlife, and native habitat, but also to actively engage people in its conservation through learning and exploration.