Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
Lake Worth–Deer Mouse Trail, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Lake Worth–Deer Mouse Trail, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge near Lakeside, TX. The route reaches Lake Worth. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Worth–Deer Mouse Trail, 5 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 594–645 ft
Out & Back · Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
Trailhead: Wild Plum Trail · 32.84246, -97.48175
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:18 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wild Plum Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Oak Motte Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deer Mouse Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Lake Worth.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Riverbottom Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miReach Lake Worth, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Oak Motte Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Prairie Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wild Plum Trail Trailhead
- Oak Motte Trail–Prairie Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Lake Worth–Caprock Trail Loop, 6 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 67 ft
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