Bethany Drive Trail & Watters Branch Creek Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Bethany Drive Trail & Watters Branch Creek Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Allen, TX. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bethany Drive Trail & Watters Branch Creek Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 585–683 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.11465, -96.69799
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bethany Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rowlett Creek Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Rowlett Creek Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Watters Branch Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Rowlett Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Watters Branch Creek Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Storybook Trail Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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