Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve
Bluebonnet Trail
6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Bluebonnet Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve near Allen, TX. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bluebonnet Trail
6 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 559–623 ft
Out & Back · Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 33.06570, -96.67803
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 8.2 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Watters Branch Creek Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 8.2 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 132 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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