Whispering Hills is a neighborhood consisting of 615 homes within the

Lake Highlands Lake Highlands is a neighborhood constituting most of Northeast Dallas. The neighborhood is a collection of dozens of subdivisions served by Richardson ISD and Dallas ISD public schools, as well as an array of private schools. Geography Overview ...

neighborhood of

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(United States) adjacent to the suburbs of

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and Garland. It is generally bounded by Buckingham Rd along the Richardson border to the north, to the east by the Garland border near Plano Rd, to the south by Walnut St, and to the west by the KCS Railroad and Audelia Branch Greenbelt near Audelia Rd. The neighborhood is conveniently located one mile north from I-635 (TX)

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and two miles east from US 75

US 75 ( Central Expressway), with the Telecom Corridor surrounding the neighborhood. Whispering Hills is the 5th largest neighborhood in Lake Highlands.

Education

Public education

Whispering Hills, as well as most of Lake Highlands, is served by the Richardson Independent School District. Both Forestridge Elementary School and Liberty Junior High School are located within the neighborhood. ;Elementary school * Forestridge Elementary School ;Middle school * Liberty Junior High School ;High schools *

Berkner High School Lloyd V. Berkner High School is a high school in Richardson, in the U.S. state of Texas, with a 2008 enrollment of 2,755 and a student/teacher ratio of 16.7. It is one of four high schools in the Richardson Independent School District. Histor ...

*Lake Highlands Freshman Center * Lake Highlands High School Dallas Hall

Colleges and universities

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(SMU) is a

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university in University Park. SMU was founded in 1911 by the

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and now enrolls 6,500

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, 1,200 professional students in the law and

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departments, and 3,500 postgraduates. According to sources such as the U.S. News & World Report, SMU is the best overall undergraduate college in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and the third best in the State of Texas. SMU is 15 minutes (9 miles) from Whispering Hills. * The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), part of the state public

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, is located in the city of

and is in the heart of the '' Telecom Corridor''. UT Dallas, or UTD, is renowned for its work in combining the arts and technology, as well as for its programs in engineering, computer science, economics, international political economy, neuroscience, speech and hearing, pre-health, pre-law and management. The university has many collaborative research relationships with UT Southwestern Medical Center. UT Dallas is home to approximately 21,145 students. UTD is also 15 minutes (7 miles) from the neighborhood. *

Richland College Dallas College Richland Campus (often stylized as Richland or RLC) is a public community college in Dallas, Texas. The school was founded in 1972 and is part of Dallas College. It is the largest campus in the college, featuring about 20,000 st ...

, part of the

Dallas County Community College District Dallas College is a public community college with seven campuses in Dallas County, Texas. It serves more than 70,000 students annually in degree-granting, continuing education, and adult education programs. Dallas College offers associate degr ...

, is located within Lake Highlands, a half-mile from Whispering Hills. The school was founded in 1972 and is the largest school in the DCCCD, featuring nearly 22,000 students. Richland is the only community college to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Public libraries

Dallas Public Library operates the Audelia Road Branch Library in Lake Highlands.

Shopping

NorthPark Center NorthPark Center, sometimes referred to as NorthPark Mall, is an upscale, enclosed shopping mall in Dallas, Texas (United States). It is at the intersection of Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and US 75 (North Central Expressway). Opened in 1965, it ...

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* Lake Highlands Town Center

Parks and recreation

Nestled in the arms of White Rock Creek, Lake Highlands boasts a labyrinth of parks and recreational opportunities that make it one of Dallas' finest neighborhoods in which to live, work and play. Access to over 875 acres of parks, 26 miles of trails, disc golf as well as traditional baseball, soccer fields and playgrounds give a wide variety of outdoor sports. The City of Dallas operates Friendship Park which lies within Whispering Hills. The park includes trails, a basketball court, a picnic area and a playground, alongside 100 newly planted trees in the 10.8-acre park. Glenville Trail and Glenville Pool are located just to the north in the adjacent neighborhood of College Park on the Richardson side. Residents of the neighborhood also have access to the track, football field, soccer field, and tennis courts at Liberty Junior High, along with the playgrounds and baseball field at Forestridge Elementary.

White Rock Lake White Rock Lake is a reservoir located in north-east Dallas, Texas (United States). The lake was formed by damming White Rock Creek, which today widens into the lake before continuing south out of the spillway and emptying into the Trinity Rive ...

is ten minutes south from Whispering Hills on Audelia Road. Recreational activities on the lake include kayaking, canoeing and standup paddleboarding, available by rental. The park surrounding the lake features a 9.33-mile trail for hiking, running and bicycling. The White Rock Lake Dog Park is also located on the north side of the lake on Mockingbird Lane.

Economy

Lake Highlands is home to the headquarters of Texas Instruments (TI). TI is the No. 4 manufacturer of semiconductors worldwide after Intel, Samsung and Toshiba, and is the No. 2 supplier of chips for cellular handsets after Qualcomm, and the No. 1 producer of digital signal processors (DSPs) and analog semiconductors, among a wide range of other semiconductor products.Databeans http://www.databeans.net/reports/2009_php_files/09ANALOG_MarketShare.php TI is located two miles west of the neighborhood. Major business areas near Lake Highlands include the

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, Preston Center, and the Telecom Corridor.

Transportation

The neighborhood benefits from its close proximity to the major

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of I-635 and Central Expressway in

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and in addition the

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rail service.

Highways

The routing of limited-access highways through Lake Highlands is based on the area's proximity to Dallas' downtown freeway loop, as Dallas' freeway system was built according to the hub-and-spoke paradigm. * US 75

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( Central Expressway) runs northeast/southwest. Additionally, two separate beltways arc across Lake Highlands: in order from their proximity to downtown: * Texas Loop 12

Northwest Highway (

Loop 12 Loop 12 is a state highway that runs mostly within the city limits of Dallas, Texas. The western segment of the loop is named after General Walton Walker, who served and died in South Korea. During the 1950s and 1960s, Loop 12 was the outer bel ...

) *

Interstate 635

Thoroughfares

Major thoroughfares include: * Plano Road * Audelia Road * Abrams Road * Greenville Avenue * Skillman Street * Royal Lane * Beltline Road * Spring Valley Road

Light rail

The neighborhood has access to four DART Rail stations, to the south and to the west, that are located less than five minutes away. The Red Line connects Lake Highlands to downtown, Uptown, Richardson and Plano. The Blue Line connects Lake Highlands to downtown, Uptown, East Dallas and Garland. The Orange Line runs to DFW Airport, Irving and Las Colinas, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Victory Park, downtown, Uptown, Richardson and Plano.

Lines and stations near Whispering Hills include: * : LBJ/Skillman Station, along I-635 :

Lake Highlands Station Lake Highlands station is a DART Light Rail station in Dallas, Texas. It is located near the intersection of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane in the Lake Highlands area, adjacent to the Lake Highlands Town Center development. It serves the . ...

, along Skillman Street * and : Spring Valley Rail Station, along Central Expressway : LBJ/Central Station, along I-635 and TI Boulevard

Media

The Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ''Galvesto ...

'' is the Dallas citywide newspaper.
Lake Highlands Advocate Magazine
is a local community magazine and daily news blog.
Lake Highlands Today
is a local community newspaper.

External links

Whispering Hills Neighborhood Association

Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association

City of Dallas, Texas

Richardson Independent School District

Notes and references

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