Bluebonnet Trail
7.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Bluebonnet Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in High Point Park near Plano, TX. It is mostly level, with 107 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
7.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 559–706 ft
Out & Back · High Point Park
Trailhead: 33.06122, -96.72857
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
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