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Anderson Bonner Park

Northaven Trail & White Rock Creek Trail

12 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 4 hr 7 min

Northaven Trail & White Rock Creek Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Anderson Bonner Park near Meaders, TX. It is mostly level, with 219 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi479 – 620 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.90300, -96.81890
Nearest town Meaders, TX
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Northaven Trail & White Rock Creek Trail

12 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 4 hr 7 min

Elevation 479–620 ft

Out & Back · Anderson Bonner Park

Trailhead: 32.90300, -96.81890

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: Forest @ Inwood - E - FS stop 713 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Northaven Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 1.9 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 500 ftSharp left onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 0.9 miReach Northaven Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 2.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Northaven Trail, heading SE.
  17. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  21. 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/northaven-trail-white-rock-creek-trail-out-back-19-km-2ab5

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Forest @ Inwood - E - FS stop 713 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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