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Fair Oaks Park

White Rock Creek Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 38 min

White Rock Creek Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Fair Oaks Park near Rawlins, TX. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 548 ft11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.86074, -96.72882
Nearest town Rawlins, TX
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White Rock Creek Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 457–547 ft

Out & Back · Fair Oaks Park

Trailhead: 32.86074, -96.72882

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Goforth - W - NS stop 498 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  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 NW.
  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. 150 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  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 NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 350 ftTurn left, 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-17-km-4a30

Trail surface

84% paved8% dirt3% grass1% gravel1% boardwalk3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 0 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Goforth - W - NS stop 498 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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