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Image:State Fair Dallas Texas.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Big Tex at the State Fair of Texas
- State Fair [1]. In autumn, the Texas State Fair is held at designated grounds Dallas/South Dallas|southeast of downtown, vying with its Iowa counterpart for the title of the country's largest state fair.
- Head to Arlington (Texas)|Arlington for a day of fun at Six Flags Over Texas, [2] or Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, the best waterpark in the area. Don't forget the sunblock.
- White Rock Lake. Escape the city bustle for a stroll at this large park in Dallas/East Dallas|East Dallas. This is really a beautiful getaway, but locals would tell you to avoid driving around here at night--ghosts haunt these waters.
- Golf - There are a lot of wonderful courses in the Dallas area. The city boasts five municipal courses with reasonable greens fees. Of these, Tenison Highlands in Dallas/East Dallas|East Dallas and Cedar Crest in Dallas/South Dallas|South Dallas offer the best test of golf, and can be the most crowded, especially on weekends. There are any number of terrific daily-fee public courses in the D/FW area as well, particularly in the cities of Irving, Grapevine, Lewisville, and The Colony
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