Bluebonnet Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Bluebonnet Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in High Point Park near Plano, TX. It is mostly level, with 133 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
5.1 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 559–661 ft
Out & Back · High Point Park
Trailhead: Bluebonnet Trail · 33.06040, -96.70819
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
- 1.2 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 S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.5 miArrive 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 2.1 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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