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Backpacking Guides and Trips in Texas
Below are popular Backpacking guides and trips in Texas that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Guides
Kayak on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Explore the beauty of the Greenbelt on walking, biking, and equestrian trail
Explore the wonders of of Isle du Bois on walking, biking, and equestrian trails. Enjoy camping, boating, and fishing.
Isle du Bois State Park - Lost Pines Nature Trail. Take a casual walk from the visitors center to the lake and back
Explore the wonders of of Johnson Branch on walking, hiking, and biking trails. Enjoy camping, boating, and fishing.
Trips
This was a 4.5 day hike in Big Bend National Park, Texas.Starting in the Chisos Basin, we hiked into the Chisos Mountains and thentook the Outer Loop Trail and then back into the Chisos.
Summary: Solo summit of Elephant Tusk via the Dodson Trail.Route: In at Blue Creek Overlook, east on the Dodson Trail, south on the Elephant Tusk Trail, up Elephant Tusk, and back out the way I went it.Details: This was a two-day solo hike at the end of April 2010. The weather was warm but not too hot yet; the highs were in the 90s. But the sun was relentless; there is no shade...
Started solo at Cedar Breaks on 1/25/10 at 12:00pm finsihed the entire loop on 1/26/10 at 3:30pm. Trail can be rugged. Some areas dry, hilly, rocky, and devoid of trees. While other areas damp, hilly, with lots of trees. Other areas flat bottom lands. Some areas loaded with cactus. Every 5 miles offers something new. During my trip there was lots of flowing water. I crossed lots of clear streams, some appeared to be spring fed. I saw only three people in the first 2 miles. The...
Cross Timbers Trail with Aaron Conniff
Sherwood Shores, Texas, United States
Backpacking | 6.3 miles
Backpacking | 6.3 miles
Backpacking the 4C to Walnut Creek Camp overnight, then back on forest service roads.
Planned the trip to make it all the way around the lake 26miles, we didnt get on the trail until 12:15 and it was hot (90) with little breeze in the woods. The trail was a lot more difficult than expected do to terrain. Mountain bikers where all walking back with cuts. We made it to Cedar Hollow camp and after much debate decided to push further. The trail disappears to overgrowth....
Hiked from Rockledge Park through Murrell Park and on to Twin Coves Park. Then back to Murrell to stay overnight before returning to Rockledge. The map only shows half our trip. The data for the return was not accurate. I only had my GPS marking every 5 minutes to save battery (my phone), so this was actually a longer hike with all the twists & turns the GPS overlooked. We estimate about...
2 day South Rim Trail via Pinnacles Trail
Basin Junction, Texas, United States
Backpacking | 5.5 miles
Backpacking | 5.5 miles
I don't have a GPS so I found a gpx file that was similar to the trip a friend of mine and I took on our backpacking trip in Big Bend National Park. We started by heading up Pinnacles Trail which is steep and difficult. We then cut across to where Laguna Meadows Trail meets the South Rim Trail and took the South Rim Trail to our primitive campsite. The next day...
Our backpacking journey through the Sam Houston National Forest. We went on several trails including the Lone Star Hiking Trail, the North Wilderness Trail, and Little Lake Creek Loop.
Lewisville Environmental Area was a fun adventure. Only drawback was a $5 a person fee to enter the area, we thought it was over priced. But, it's right by a dam and some beautiful photo opportunities. there are hi and lo blinds for wildlife viewing. Also wood ducks and a beaver dam we saw.We were by ourselves, a family fishing near the dam, but no one else hiking. One with nature.
