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Fair Oaks Park

White Rock Creek Trail

10 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 3 hr 22 min

White Rock Creek Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Fair Oaks Park near Rawlins, TX. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 538 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.86623, -96.72276
Nearest town Rawlins, TX
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White Rock Creek Trail

10 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 457–539 ft

Out & Back · Fair Oaks Park

Trailhead: 32.86623, -96.72276

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Audelia - W - FS stop 646 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 1 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 2.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 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/white-rock-creek-trail-out-back-16-km-6a09

Trail surface

89% paved6% dirt2% gravel1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 6 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Audelia - W - FS stop 646 m from the trailhead

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