Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park
Caruth Lake–Phelps Lake, 4 lakes
3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Caruth Lake–Phelps Lake, 4 lakes is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park near Rockwall, TX. The route passes Stock Pond, Caruth Lake and Phelps Lake before reaching Phelps Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Caruth Lake–Phelps Lake, 4 lakes
3.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 456–511 ft
Out & Back · Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park
Trailhead: 32.94992, -96.46464
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Stock Pond.
- 0.8 miPass Caruth Lake.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Travis Rhodes Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Phelps Lake.
- 0.2 miPass Phelps Lake.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftReach Caruth Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stock Pond–Loop 5, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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