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Olive Shapiro Park

Lake Highlands Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Lake Highlands Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Olive Shapiro Park near Audelia, TX. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 535 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.87866, -96.72940
Nearest town Audelia, TX
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Lake Highlands Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 461–536 ft

Out & Back · Olive Shapiro Park

Trailhead: 32.87866, -96.72940

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Transit-accessible: Lake Highlands stop 143 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading W.
  5. 200 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading W.
  6. 1.3 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
  10. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  11. 1.3 miBear right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading N.
  12. 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftArrive 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/lake-highlands-trail-out-back-8-km-7d49

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:07 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:51 PM.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Transit-accessible: Lake Highlands stop 143 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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