Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail
4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Plano, TX. The route reaches Watter's Creek Lake at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail
4 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 559–661 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bluebonnet Trail · 33.06254, -96.69725
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bluebonnet Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Watter's Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 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 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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