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Olive Shapiro Park

Lake Highlands Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Lake Highlands Trail is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Olive Shapiro Park near Rawlins, TX. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 597 ft9.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.85914, -96.72452
Nearest town Rawlins, TX
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Lake Highlands Trail

8.5 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 457–597 ft

Out & Back · Olive Shapiro Park

Trailhead: 32.85914, -96.72452

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

Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Goforth - W - NS stop 58 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1 miBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  5. 1.3 miBear right onto Whistle Stop Place, heading N.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miReach Lake Highlands Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.1 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Whistle Stop Place, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftBear left onto Lake Highlands Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.3 miBear right onto White Rock Creek Trail, heading SE.
  15. 1 miTurn left onto Flagpole Hill Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 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-white-rock-lake-viewpoint-out-back-5-sights-20-km

Trail surface

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Northwest @ Goforth - W - NS stop 58 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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