AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Oyster Creek Park

Later Gator

2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min

Later Gator is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Oyster Creek Park near Smada, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi59 – 69 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.59333, -95.58221
Nearest town Smada, TX
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Later Gator

2.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 48 min

Elevation 58–71 ft

Out & Back · Oyster Creek Park

Trailhead: 29.59333, -95.58221

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 250 ftBear right onto Later Gator, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftReach Later Gator, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  18. 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/later-gator-out-back

Trail surface

67% paved18% grass12% dirt3% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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