High Point Park

Bluebonnet Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in High Point Park near Plano, TX. It is mostly level, with 159 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi577 – 705 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.05997, -96.72456
Nearest town Plano, TX

Directions

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Bluebonnet Trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 159 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 579–706 ft

Out & Back · High Point Park

Trailhead: 33.05997, -96.72456

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 450 ftBear right onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  17. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  24. 100 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 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

82% paved18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 5 min before dark.

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