Just minutes from Dallas and Fort Worth,North Richland Hills is the third largest city in Tarrant County with more than 70,836 residents, 1,200 businesses and 30 major employers. Situated to benefit from both Alli- ance and Dallas/Fort Worth International airports, North Richland Hills is surrounded by nine of Tarrant County’s ten major business centers, and is on the western edge of the county’s highway hub, where Loop 820, Highways 26, 121 and 183 all meet in one interchange. Major employers here include North Hills Hospital, Health Markets, Tyson Prepared Foods and Santander Consumer USA.
North Richland Hills also recognizes the importance of quality of life in attracting and retaining both residential and corporate citizens. Money magazine named North Rich- land Hills as one of the Best Places to Live in the United States in 2010 because of its blend of good jobs, low crime, quality schools, plenty of open space, reasonable home prices and plenty to do.
The city’s Iron Horse Golf Course and the NRH2O Family Water Park are just two big draws. Since opening in 1989, Iron Horse has been consistently voted among the best municipal golf courses in Texas. This challenging 18-hole Dick Phelps-designed course meanders over creeks and under a railroad trestle. NRH2O features the Green Extreme, the world’s tallest and longest uphill water roller coaster. The 60-acre park by nine of Tarrant County’s ten major business centers, and is on the western edge of the county’s highway hub, where Loop 820, Highways 26, 121 and 183 all meet in one interchange. Major employers here include North Hills Hospital, Health Markets, Tyson Prepared Foods and Santander Consumer USA.
North Richland Hills also recognizes the importance of quality of life in attracting and retaining both residential and corporate citizens. Money magazine named North Rich- land Hills as one of the Best Places to Live in the United States in 2010 because of its blend of good jobs, low crime, quality schools, plenty of open space, reasonable home prices and plenty to do.
The city’s Iron Horse Golf Course and the NRH2O Family Water Park are just two big draws. Since opening in 1989, Iron Horse has been consistently voted among the best municipal golf courses in Texas. This challenging 18-hole Dick Phelps-designed course meanders over creeks and under a railroad trestle. NRH2O features the Green Extreme, the world’s tallest and longest uphill water roller coaster. The 60-acre park also offers a 16,000 square foot wave pool, water slides, a two-person tube slide and an extensive water playground.
North Richland Hills enjoys a low crime rate, excellent public school system, one of the best public libraries in the state, and nationally recognized parks and recreation program. The city’s park and recreation department operates a 16-court tennis center fronting Richland High School in association with the Birdville ISD; a nine-field soccer complex; and the largest known handicapped-accessible play- ground west of the Mississippi River. The city also created a girls’ fast pitch softball fourplex, and a 99-acre city park with baseball fields, trails, a nature center and outdoor pavilion.
While most students attend schools in the Birdville Independent School District, North Richland Hills is also home to Fort Worth Christian School and three other private schools, as well as the Northeast Campus of Tarrant County College. Residents of North Richland Hills have their choice of more than 500 stores and restaurants, including the tenants of North Hills Mall. Several new stores and restaurants have opened at The Crossing Shopping Center. Blue Line Ice Complex is the largest amateur ice arena in the Southwest United States and home to the amateur hockey team, Texas Tornadoes.
