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High Point Park

Bluebonnet Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 186 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in High Point Park near Plano, TX. It is mostly level, with 186 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 705 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.06188, -96.72654
Nearest town Plano, TX
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Bluebonnet Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 186 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 579–706 ft

Out & Back · High Point Park

Trailhead: 33.06188, -96.72654

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 100 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 NW.
  20. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  26. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  28. 100 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  29. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  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-70c0

Trail surface

82% paved18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 2 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead

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