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THE CITY OF WATAUGA, TEXAS

Medical

Medical City North Hills is a modern, private 164-bed hospital. Over 250 active medical
doctors and six dental doctors serve the cities in the area with a full range of medical,
surgical, and dental services, together with 24-hour emergency room services. In
addition, three other main health systems serve the area. They are Texas Health,
Baylor Scott & White, and county-funded John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital, the only
Level-1 Trauma facility in Tarrant County.

Culture and Entertainment

Within a 30-minute drive of the city are the Kimbell Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of
Fort Worth, Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, Amon Carter Museum,
and the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

The Fort Worth Cultural District has Casa Manana, Cowtown Segway Tours, Equestrian
Center Omni Theater, Sanders Theater, Scott Theater, and the Will Rogers Center, with
the Fort Worth Opera. See https://www.fortworth.com/about/neighborhoods-
districts/cultural-district/.

A variety of major sporting franchises including the five time Super Bowl champion
Dallas Cowboys, the four time American League West Divisional Champion Texas
Rangers, the 2011 NBA Championship Dallas Maverick basketball franchise, the 1999
Stanley Cup Champion Dallas Stars hockey club, Dallas Sidekicks soccer, PGA
Colonial National Golf Tournament and Byron Nelson Classic are based in the
Metroplex area. In addition, the City of Grand Prairie established the area’s first
horseracing facility, Lone Star Park.

Watauga is within a 30-mile driving distance to Six Flags Over Texas’ amusement park
and water park, Hurricane Harbor. Within 5 miles from Watauga, the City of North
Richland Hills established the State of Texas’ first municipally owned water park,
NRH2O. There are 15 churches located in Watauga that represent a variety of
denominations.

City Highlights

The City of Watauga’s slogan is “A Great Place to Live” which is validated by the many
amenities the City offers and affordable home prices.

 Capp Smith Park - The City has ten parks throughout the City of which Capp
Smith Park is the largest. Capp Smith Park is 36.7 acres of park land which includes a
stocked lake, amphitheater
playground area and walking
trail. There are approximately
nine natural springs located
within the confines of the lake
area. The lake is stocked with a
variety of fish. Each fall the City
hosts Kid Fish and Capp Smith

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