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High Point Park

Bluebonnet Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 4.9-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.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 669 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.06092, -96.71046
Nearest town Plano, TX
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Bluebonnet Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 133 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 579–671 ft

Out & Back · High Point Park

Trailhead: 33.06092, -96.71046

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 450 ftSharp left onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  25. 100 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  26. 1.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 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-8-km-f86f

Trail surface

80% paved20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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