AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Arcadia Trail Park

Arcadia Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Arcadia Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Arcadia Trail Park near Watauga, TX. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 623 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.84671, -97.27831
Nearest town Watauga, TX
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Arcadia Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 544–624 ft

Out & Back · Arcadia Trail Park

Trailhead: 32.84671, -97.27831

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:17 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  14. 450 ftBear right onto Arcadia Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miReach Arcadia Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  27. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  38. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/arcadia-trail-out-back-12-km-3424

Trail surface

58% paved1% dirt1% gravel40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:17 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Watauga, Texas