Spring Creek Nature Area

Spring Creek Nature Area & Spring Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Spring Creek Nature Area & Spring Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Spring Creek Nature Area near Plano, TX. The route reaches Spring Creek Nature Area. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi554 – 656 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.00332, -96.73137
Nearest town Plano, TX

Directions

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Spring Creek Nature Area & Spring Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 556–655 ft

Out & Back · Spring Creek Nature Area

Trailhead: 33.00332, -96.73137

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: Renner @ Orchard Ridge - W - MB stop 630 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Creek Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miPass Spring Creek Nature Area.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.7 miReach Spring Creek Nature Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  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 surface

96% paved1% boardwalk3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Renner @ Orchard Ridge - W - MB stop 630 m from the trailhead

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