AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Handy Road & Slickum Slough Road

7.5 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Handy Road & Slickum Slough Road is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near Hishway, TX. It climbs 305 ft. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi623 – 797 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Slickum Slough Road 33.90663, -96.93703
Nearest town Hishway, TX
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Handy Road & Slickum Slough Road

7.5 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 623–796 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Slickum Slough Road · 33.90663, -96.93703

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start on Slickum Slough Road, heading E.
  2. 1.4 miTurn left onto Handy Road, heading NE.
  3. 2.4 miReach Slickum Slough Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.4 miTurn right onto Slickum Slough Road, heading SW.
  5. 1.3 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/handy-road-slickum-slough-road-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~76 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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