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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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