Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Harry Moss Park near Gifford, TX. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 475–577 ft
Out & Back · Harry Moss Park
Trailhead: 32.89531, -96.75756
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: Forest Lane stop 35 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.2 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Forest Lane stop 35 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Rock Creek Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Cottonwood Creek Trail via White Rock Creek Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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