Lake Highlands Trail
6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Lake Highlands Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Fair Oaks Park near Audelia, TX. It is mostly level, with 80 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
6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 461–533 ft
Out & Back · Fair Oaks Park
Trailhead: 32.87848, -96.73347
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 56 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftBear right onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 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 3.0 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 56 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Cottonwood Creek Trail & Lake Highlands Trail via White Rock Creek Trail 13.4 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- White Rock Greenbelt–White Rock Lake, 4 viewpoints 11.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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