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Watter's Creek Lake via Watters Branch Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 58 min

Watter's Creek Lake via Watters Branch Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Allen, TX. The route reaches Watter's Creek Lake. 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 mi558 – 600 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.07278, -96.69067
Nearest town Allen, TX
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Watter's Creek Lake via Watters Branch Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 58 min

Elevation 559–601 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.07278, -96.69067

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miPass Watter's Creek Lake.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 500 ftReach Watter's Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftArrive 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-creek-lake-watters-creek-lake-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

76% paved13% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 3 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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