Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail is a 4.3-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
Getting there
Directions
Watter's Creek Lake via Bluebonnet Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 559–612 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Watters Branch Creek Trail · 33.09103, -96.68636
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Watter's Creek Lake.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Watter's Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading E.
- 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Watters Branch Creek Trail Trailhead
- Oak Point Nature Preserve–William Prince Pecan Grove, 4 groves 9.5 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Watters Branch Creek Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Watters Branch Creek Trail 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Bethany Drive Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Allen, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Allen, Texas