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Fair Oaks Park

Cottonwood Creek Trail & Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail

13.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 4 hr 31 min

Cottonwood Creek Trail & Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Fair Oaks Park near Audelia, TX. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 587 ft15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Highlands Trail 32.88006, -96.73290
Nearest town Audelia, TX
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Cottonwood Creek Trail & Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail

13.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 4 hr 31 min

Elevation 461–588 ft

Out & Back · Fair Oaks Park

Trailhead: Lake Highlands Trail · 32.88006, -96.73290

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: 1 stop 133 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.2 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 1 miBear right onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto ~, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.9 miReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miBear left onto ~, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miBear left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  21. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  25. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cottonwood-creek-trail-cottonwood-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights-22-km

Trail surface

94% paved1% gravel1% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 1 stop 133 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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