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Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

Lake Worth–Caprock Trail, 6 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 47 min

Lake Worth–Caprock Trail, 6 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge near Lakeside, TX. The route reaches Lake Worth. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi594 – 689 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Deer Mouse Trail 32.84108, -97.46580
Nearest town Lakeside, TX
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Lake Worth–Caprock Trail, 6 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 47 min

Elevation 594–688 ft

Out & Back · Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

Trailhead: Deer Mouse Trail · 32.84108, -97.46580

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:17 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Riverbottom Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Worth.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Deer Mouse Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Oak Motte Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach Lake Worth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Prairie Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Limestone Ledge, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Caprock Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Riverbottom Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miSharp left onto Deer Mouse Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.2 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/lake-worth-caprock-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:17 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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