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High Point Park

Bluebonnet Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 186 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 5.8-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 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

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

5.8 mi · ▲ 186 ft · 2 hr 2 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 ftBear right onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SE.
  27. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 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-9-km-3954

Trail surface

80% paved20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 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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