In mid-September, Grapevine hosts its annual Grapefest (grapevinetexasusa.com), a wine festival with outdoor tastings and live music. The three-day weekend festival occurs in Grapevine's downtown area and features red and white wines from Texas wineries. The City of Fort Worth hosts the annual Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival (mainstreetartsfest.org) on the third weekend of April. Arts and crafts, food vendors from local restaurants, live rock music and games are some of the outdoor activities available on Fort Worth's Main Street area during this three-day festival. Main Street Forth Worth Arts Festival features artwork created by local artists.
Tarrant County is home to freshwater fishing facilities at some of its larger lakes, including Lake Arlington, Lake Grapevine, Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Worth. The largest of Tarrant County's lakes at over 8,700 acres, Eagle Mountain Lake features fish species such as largemouth bass, catfish, spotted bass, white bass and crappie. All fishermen in Tarrant County's lakes must have Texas fishing licenses, per Texas state regulations. Also, all fish caught in these lakes must meet the daily bag requirement put forth by Texas' Parks and Wildlife Department. Each of Tarrant County's largest lakes has public and private fishing marinas.
Several of Tarrant County's cities have large athletic facilities for sports enthusiasts. For college football, Fort Worth features Amon G. Carter Stadium, home of the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (gofrogs.cstv.com). The Texas Motor Speedway (texasmotorspeedway.com) in Forth Worth is an outdoor NASCAR racing venue and home to the Samsung Mobile 500 and the AAA Texas 500 races. In Arlington, the Texas Rangers (texas.rangers.mlb.com) -- a Major League Baseball franchise -- play their home games at Rangers Ballpark, while Cowboys Stadium is home to the Dallas Cowboys (dallascowboys.com) football team.
Arlington is home to the Six Flags Over Texas (sixflags.com/overTexas) amusement park. This park features rides such as the Superman: Tower of Power, the Texas Giant -- a wooden roller coaster -- and La Vibora, a bobsled slide ride. Six Flags also has an outdoor water park, Hurricane Harbor. In North Richland Hills, Tarrant County residents have access to the NRH2O Family Waterpark (nrh2o.com). Both NRH2O and Hurricane Harbor are only open during summer. North Richland Hills also features the Mountasia Family Fun Center (mountasiafamilyfuncenter.com), which has an outdoor miniature golf course, bumper boats and a go-kart race track.
