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Olive Shapiro Park

Flagpole Hill Trail & Lake Highlands Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Flagpole Hill Trail & Lake Highlands Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Olive Shapiro Park near Audelia, TX. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 538 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.88792, -96.73008
Nearest town Audelia, TX
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Flagpole Hill Trail & Lake Highlands Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 2 hr 38 min

Elevation 457–538 ft

Out & Back · Olive Shapiro Park

Trailhead: 32.88792, -96.73008

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 261 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Whistle Stop Place, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.3 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  14. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  15. 1.3 miBear right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/flagpole-hill-trail-lake-highlands-trail-out-back-12-km-0713

Trail surface

99% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~77 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 261 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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