Lake Highlands Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Lake Highlands Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Audelia, TX. It is mostly level, with 106 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
3.7 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 472–598 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 32.87848, -96.73347
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 56 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Whistle Stop Place, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 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
- White Rock Greenbelt–White Rock Lake, 4 viewpoints 11.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 6 mi · ▲ 80 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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