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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn 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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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Transit-accessible: Lake Highlands stop 143 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Highlands Trail & White Rock Creek Trail 14.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Creekside Park–White Rock Greenbelt, 4 groves 13.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Lake Highlands Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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- Lake Highlands Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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