Spring Creek Underpass Spillway via Bluebonnet Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Spring Creek Underpass Spillway via Bluebonnet Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Jack Carter Park near Plano, TX. The route passes Spring Creek Underpass Spillway before reaching Spring Creek Underpass Spillway at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 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 Underpass Spillway via Bluebonnet Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 640–706 ft
Out & Back · Jack Carter Park
Trailhead: Bluebonnet Trail · 33.05801, -96.70238
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bluebonnet Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miPass Spring Creek Underpass Spillway.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Chisholm Hike and Bike Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Spring Creek Underpass Spillway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 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 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bluebonnet Trail Trailhead
- Bluebonnet Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Hoblitzelle Park Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 133 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Bluebonnet Trail 4 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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