Texas Star
Texas Star is a Ferris wheel at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, where it operates during the annual State Fair of Texas as its most popular ride. With an overall height of 216 feet, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in North America from 1985 until the opening of the 250-foot Star of Puebla in Mexico, on 22 July 2013.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cotton Bowl and African American Museum.
Cotton Bowl
Stadium
Photo: Robbiewest88, Public domain.
The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, United States. Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. Cotton Bowl is situated 1,000 feet north of Texas Star.
African American Museum
Museum
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
African American Museum of Dallas is an American art museum located at 3536 Grand Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The museum was founded in 1974 and has operated independently since 1979. African American Museum is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Texas Star.
MLK Jr. station
Railway station
Photo: Hasteur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Station at J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center is an intermodal public transit facility in Dallas, Texas operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit. MLK Jr. station is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Texas Star.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Dallas and Deep Ellum.
South Dallas
South Dallas is part of Dallas, extending south of the I30 east of Downtown, and south of the Trinity River west of it. In its west, across the Trinity River, you will find Oak Cliff, a large, low-income, mainly residential district southwest of downtown.
Deep Ellum
Quarter
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deep Ellum is a historic neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, home to a diverse array of arts venues, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, businesses, and urban residential units near downtown in East Dallas.
Texas Star
- Type: Ferris wheel
- Description: Ferris wheel at Fair Park in Dallas
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.77678° or 32° 46′ 36″ northLongitude
-96.75927° or 96° 45′ 33″ westInception
1985Height
212 feet (65 metres)Open location code
8645Q6GR+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5205613509OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=big_wheelOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1318837
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Korean—“Texas Star” goes by many names.
- German: “Texas Star”
- Hungarian: “Texas Star”
- Japanese: “テキサス・スター”
- Korean: “텍사스 스타”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Children’s Aquarium and Texas Discovery Gardens.
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