Bluebonnet Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Bluebonnet Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back 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.
Elevation
0 mi558 – 663 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.05805, -96.70408
Nearest town Plano, TX
Directions
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Bluebonnet Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 559–661 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.05805, -96.70408
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 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 SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 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 surface
84% paved8% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bluebonnet Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Spring Creek Underpass Spillway via Bluebonnet Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
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