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Dallas: Ray Roberts Greenbelt Hike

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Author: jimbrau
Date: 27 Dec 2005 11:52:33 AM
Activity: Not Specified
State: Texas (TX)
Distance: 3.72 mi  (Change units)
Elevation: Total Gain: 75 ft
Total Loss: 63 ft
Net Change: 12 ft
Difficulty: 5 / 10
Tags: Dallas, loop, Krugerville, Texas
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

Only 30 minutes from downtown, this 7.4-mile out- and-back runs a shady corridor of bottomland hard- woods teeming with deer, armadillos, and songbirds. TO TRAILHEAD: I-35E N to Loop 288 N to US 380 E. Trailhead is on L shortly after crossing the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.

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RBH01

Dist: 3.72 mi Points: 332
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
Ray Roberts Greenbelt Hike

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RBH001

Location: 33.240452°, -97.041183°
Begin on multiuse trail marked with an eques- trian sign. Dirt trail is wide but uneven and rutty; wear sturdy boots

RBH002

Location: 33.248150°, -97.041649°
Heavily wooded trail leads into Ray Roberts State Park

RBH003

Location: 33.250217°, -97.040985°
Keep quiet! White-tailed deer graze on tall grass under power lines

RBH004

Location: 33.253300°, -97.038048°
Trail cuts under an active railroad bridge

RBH005

Location: 33.262833°, -97.044594°
Continue NW under the heavily wooded banks of the Elm Fork Branch of the Trinity River (Note: You can?t see the river from the trail)

RBH006

Location: 33.268787°, -97.047203°
Keep straight; look for holes dug by the native nine-banded armadillo, the state mammal of Texas

RBH007

Location: 33.272766°, -97.045265°
Hike across a dry creekbed (usually wet after rain) into lowlands highlighted in cottonwood, post oak, and blackjack oak

RBH008

Location: 33.277248°, -97.042198°
Trail parallels a crushed granite bike path for 100 yards

RBH009

Location: 33.280567°, -97.038101°
Path edges around a hay fi eld on R; a reliable spot for watching songbirds

RBH010

Location: 33.282917°, -97.034737°
Quiet rest spot to enjoy lunch; return to trailhead



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