Olive Shapiro Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 499 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White Rock Creek Trail 32.87667, -96.74416
Nearest town Gifford, TX

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 350 ftReach Flagpole Hill Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  13. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

97% paved1% boardwalk1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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