Spring Creek Nature Area via Spring Creek Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Spring Creek Nature Area via Spring Creek Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back near Plano, TX. The route reaches Spring Creek Nature Area at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spring Creek Nature Area via Spring Creek Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 566–655 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.00332, -96.73137
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: Renner @ Orchard Ridge - W - MB stop 630 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Spring Creek Nature Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:27 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:51 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Renner @ Orchard Ridge - W - MB stop 630 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Spring Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Spring Creek Nature Area & Spring Creek Trail 5 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Renner Fountain & Renner Trail via Spring Creek Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Renner Fountain via Spring Creek Trail 4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
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