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Cody Park

Palos Verdes Lake–Duck Creek Trail, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Palos Verdes Lake–Duck Creek Trail, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Cody Park near Rose Hill, TX. The route reaches Palos Verdes Lake. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi440 – 532 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.85215, -96.61216
Nearest town Rose Hill, TX
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Palos Verdes Lake–Duck Creek Trail, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 439–532 ft

Out & Back · Cody Park

Trailhead: 32.85215, -96.61216

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Duck Creek Trail, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftSharp right onto Greenbelt Parkway, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftBear right onto Duck Creek Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Greenbelt Parkway, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Mesquite Garland Connector, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miPass Palos Verdes Lake.
  14. 400 ftTurn right onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading SW.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.8 miReach Palos Verdes Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading N.
  22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading N.
  23. 100 ftContinue straight onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto Palos Verde Lake Park Trail, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Mesquite Heritage Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mesquite Garland Connector, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.5 miBear left onto Greenbelt Parkway, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 0.8 miTurn right onto Duck Creek Trail, heading NE.
  35. 100 ftBear left onto Greenbelt Parkway, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftSharp left onto Duck Creek Trail, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftArrive 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/palos-verdes-lake-palos-verdes-lake-out-back-5-sights-9-km

Trail surface

97% paved3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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