Flagpole Hill Trail via White Rock Creek Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Flagpole Hill Trail via White Rock Creek Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Olive Shapiro Park near Gifford, TX. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Flagpole Hill Trail via White Rock Creek Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 457–498 ft
Out & Back · Olive Shapiro Park
Trailhead: White Rock Creek Trail · 32.87667, -96.74416
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Flagpole Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 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 2.0 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from White Rock Creek Trail Trailhead
- White Rock Creek Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- White Rock Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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