The Northaven Trail, when completed, will be an important recreational and alternative transportation amenity in north Dallas. The trail, when completed, will connect to the White Rock Creek Trail and future SoPac Trail on the east to the future Elmfork Greenbelt Trail on the west. Running east-west across north Dallas, the trail will add significant parkland to an area of Dallas which has few parks and open spaces.

The Northaven Trail was envisioned in the 2003 Dallas Trail Network Plan and subsequently updated in 2008 to be an important trail in what we are calling the Dallas Integrated Trail Circuit. The Dallas Integrated Trail Circuit consists of the major trails in the Trail Network Plan which, when completed, will bring connectivity to the majority of the City's trails. Just as the interstate highway system provides for easy travel anywhere in the country the Dallas Integrated Trail Circuit will provide for access to much of our parks, minor trails, and Dallas. The Northaven Trail is an important part of that network.