Head out to the county
The best shows around Fort Worth, Keller, Justin and Flower Mound happen outside city limits, on family land, a farm or a friend's acreage, with the owner's OK. Out toward Haslet, Rhome, Ponder and the open country of Tarrant and Denton County, there is room to set up a real launch line.
The Tarrant County and Denton County fire marshals both point to the same place: private property in the unincorporated county, yours or someone else's with the owner's permission.
Give the towns some breathing room. Some cities cover up to about a mile (5,000 feet) past their limits, so pick land well outside town.
Around the lakes
The Corps of Engineers parks and land around Lewisville Lake and Lake Ray Roberts don't allow fireworks, so plan your lake show from a private lakefront lot or family land nearby.
Pick a great spot
Look for a big, open area with short grass, well away from houses, barns and dry brush, and keep at least 600 feet from churches, schools, hospitals and child care centers. Have a hose or a few buckets of water ready, and keep the crowd back behind your launch line.
Dry summers happen. Before the big night, check the Texas A&M Forest Service burn ban map and your county fire marshal, or call us and we will tell you what we know.
Take everything out to your spot before you light it; our stands and parking lots are for shopping, not shooting.
Stock up at NyTex
Four stands, the best prices around and a crew that lives for this stuff: our Fort Worth store on Keller Hicks Road, our Justin store on FM 156, our Flower Mound store on Copper Canyon Road and our Aubrey store on FM 1385, all open for New Year's and the Fourth of July. Veterans and first responders get 10% off.
Planning the show itself? Start with how to plan a backyard show.