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

0 mi558 – 614 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Watters Branch Creek Trail 33.09103, -96.68636
Nearest town Allen, TX

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miPass Watter's Creek Lake.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 500 ftBear right onto Hoblitzelle Park Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftReach Watter's Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  32. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 250 ftTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.8 miTurn left onto Watters Branch Creek Trail, heading E.
  36. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

70% paved8% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:25 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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