Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park

Caruth Lake–Stock Pond, 4 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Caruth Lake–Stock Pond, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park near Rockwall, TX. The route passes Caruth Lake before reaching Stock Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 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.

Elevation

0 mi453 – 499 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.93641, -96.44877
Nearest town Rockwall, TX

Directions

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Caruth Lake–Stock Pond, 4 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 454–500 ft

Out & Back · Squabble Creek Bike Trails Park

Trailhead: 32.93641, -96.44877

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miPass Caruth Lake.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Travis Rhodes Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Loop 6, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miPass Stock Pond.
  7. 250 ftTurn right onto Loop 5, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Loop 5 Bypass, heading W.
  9. 50 ftReach Caruth Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Loop 5, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Loop 6, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Travis Rhodes Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

75% paved25% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead