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You could also check out Moores Lake if you're here at Lavon Lake; it's close by; you can run the rapids of Duck Creek. Lavon Lake gets a normal amount of rainfall; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, and the driest month of the year is January. After a long day outdoors Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ROCKWALL is a magnificent place to spend a night or two; going for a hike along the Sister Grove Park Trail will let you absorb the natural
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Lots of folks from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington come to Lavon Lake, and if you're a golfer then a splendid close by course is Woodbridge Golf Club. If you go for the outdoors, you'll fancy Lavon Lake. There's so much to do here at Lavon Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Mc Elroy Mobile Home Park is a tremendous site for that, and there's whitewater on Rowlett Creek for all you adrenaline junkies. This lake is so wonderful. Take | |
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a hike on the Trinity Trail. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Lavon Lake has to offer, you can camp at Collin Park RV Resort and Marina.
Lavon Lake is not the only spot nearby, Wilson Lake is a nearby lake, and
a perfect nearby hotel is Best Western Wylie Inn. Summertime highs at Lavon Lake usually tend to be in the 90's. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the 70's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 50's; after the sun is down during
the wintertime temperatures at Lavon Lake sink into the 30's. This lake is so wonderful. Not far from Lavon Lake you obtain some brilliant water scenery at Lavon Dam, and hiking along the Wylie Community Park Trail is magnificent fun.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.03194
Longitude: -96.48083
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| These outdoors activities are available near Lavon Lake. |
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| | Whitewater Near Lavon Lake:
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Rowlett Creek, Dallas CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class II-III(IV) - 2 miles long (Pleasant Valley Road in Garland TX) |
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Duck Creek, Dallas CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class II-III - 5 miles long (Beltline Road to Miller Road) |
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Spring Creek River, Collin Dallas CountyCounty, 15 miles away
Class II(III) - 3 miles long (Renner Road to Jupiter Road) |
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Rowlett Creek
| ...or. We put in above Firewheel Golf Course & One Eleven Ranch Park where Rowlett Creek crosses Campbell Rd. The bank where we put in was too steep to carry a kayak down but easy enough to get down there and have someone slide the kayak down to you. The stretch of creek that goes through the golf course and up to Lavon Dr./78 is probably the cleanest and most scenic with pleanty of tree coverage and rock formations on both sides that sort of remind me of parts of the Guadalupe. We have put in where the creek crosses Ben Davis Rd. behind the Firewheel Mall before. The stretch between Lavon Dr./78 and Pleasant Valley Rd. is where you will find the ''whitewater'' including the 3-4 foot drop with optional ''easy way'' to the side. We continued down past Rowlett Rd. and 66 and took out @ Miller Rd. where you usually see people fishing on either side of the street. This strech of river is still flowing but as far scenery it is only trees, cyclists on the bike trails, and an old railroad bridge. You do pass a gun range (right at Pleasant Valley) and the water treatment plant (right af... |
Spring Creek River
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Take springcreek from jupiter and keep going till it merges with rowlett creek and get out at rowlett rd. This entire stretch of water is best after rainstorms. Some areas have high speed runs and have great rapids. Go prepared you will get wet.... |
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