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High Point Park

Bluebonnet Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in High Point Park near Plano, TX. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 705 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.06122, -96.72857
Nearest town Plano, TX
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Bluebonnet Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 579–706 ft

Out & Back · High Point Park

Trailhead: 33.06122, -96.72857

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 400 ftSharp right, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 450 ftSharp left onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  20. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  21. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 150 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading NE.
  29. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  33. 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/bluebonnet-trail-out-back-11-km-0682

Trail surface

82% paved18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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