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White Rock Lake Park

White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 3 hr 23 min

White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in White Rock Lake Park near Bouchard, TX. The route passes White Rock Lake and Dog Launch. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 577 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Highlands Trail 32.88913, -96.73917
Nearest town Bouchard, TX
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White Rock Lake–Dog Launch, 3 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 457–577 ft

Out & Back · White Rock Lake Park

Trailhead: Lake Highlands Trail · 32.88913, -96.73917

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

Transit-accessible: Skillman @ Church - S - MB stop 601 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Highlands Trail, heading W.
  2. 1 miTurn left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 100 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miPass White Rock Lake.
  9. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto White Rock Lake Trail, heading S.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miPass Dog Launch.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftReach White Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 200 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miBear right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SW.
  23. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.7 miArrive 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-walk-in-the-clouds-out-back-10-sights-23-km

Trail surface

94% paved3% gravel1% dirt1% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Skillman @ Church - S - MB stop 601 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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