Find Countryside in the City Along the Lizard’s Tail

The Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee is one of the most famous motorcycling roads in the country, if not the entire world. In Texas, however, you’ll find the whipping tail of a more unassuming reptile that is no less enjoyable to ride.

The Lizard’s Tail is a collection of roads near Fort Worth, skirting the shoreline of Lake Worth. Running along the lake for some 12 miles, the meat and potatoes of the route consist of (from north to south) Watercress Dr, Silver Creek Rd, and Heron Dr.

You often see the Lizard’s Tail being touted as a 30-mile ride online, but there’s no way to reach such a mileage on it unless you ride the route back and forth and then some. I suspect a loop route that passes along the Lizard’s Tail was listed on some website and others started propagating this mistaken length as a fact.