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Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve

Watters Branch Creek Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Watters Branch Creek Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve near Allen, TX. 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 mi548 – 587 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.06085, -96.68126
Nearest town Allen, TX
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Watters Branch Creek Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 28 min

Elevation 547–589 ft

Out & Back · Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 33.06085, -96.68126

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 1.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miSharp right onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 1.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/watters-branch-creek-trail-out-back-7-km-ace2

Trail surface

92% paved8% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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