Jack Carter Park

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.

Elevation

0 mi640 – 705 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bluebonnet Trail 33.05801, -96.70238
Nearest town Plano, TX

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Bluebonnet Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miPass Spring Creek Underpass Spillway.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Chisholm Hike and Bike Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miReach Spring Creek Underpass Spillway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 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.

Trail surface

96% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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