Triangle Lake–Heron Lake, 5 lakes is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Willow Waterhole Greenway near Heaker, TX. The route passes Triangle Lake, Scout Lake and Heron Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 59 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 29.65097, -95.47691
Nearest town Heaker, TX
Directions
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Triangle Lake–Heron Lake, 5 lakes
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Elevation 48–60 ft
Out & Back · Willow Waterhole Greenway
Trailhead: 29.65097, -95.47691
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Triangle Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftPass Scout Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Heron Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bayou Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Menninger Clinic Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Audubon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Donald Perkins Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Triangle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Audubon Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Menninger Clinic Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Bayou Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading SW.
- 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
85% paved10% dirt4% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:21 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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