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Fair Oaks Park

White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 39 min

White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Fair Oaks Park near Bouchard, TX. The route passes White Rock Lake before reaching Dog Launch at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 512 ft12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.90911, -96.76549
Nearest town Bouchard, TX
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White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 457–510 ft

Out & Back · Fair Oaks Park

Trailhead: 32.90911, -96.76549

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Transit-accessible: Forest @ Forest Central - E - FS stop 121 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
  7. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 2.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
  12. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miPass White Rock Lake.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto White Rock Lake Trail, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miPass Dog Launch.
  19. 0.3 miReach White Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miBear right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  24. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 1 miBear right onto Cottonwood Creek Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  32. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  34. 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-lake-dog-launch-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

95% paved2% gravel1% boardwalk2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Forest @ Forest Central - E - FS stop 121 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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