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Bluff Creek flows through this vicinity, and almost certainly you're looking for close by lakes? Sure, Crenshaw Lake is just a very short distance away. This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Nelson Lake; Sister Grove Park Trail is a great local trail, and Nelson Lake is great enough to spend more than a day at, Collin Park RV Resort and Marina is a great local campground. A typical amount of rain falls here at Nelson Lake; the month
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| | with most of the rain is May while January is commonly the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. A round of golf at nearby Buffalo Creek Golf Club is a great way to kill some time, and whitewater paddling is not for everybody but if it's for you then, we recommend Duck Creek. All through the warm days of summer, highs mostly are in the 90's at Nelson Lake. Summer nighttime lows fall down to the 70's. Daytime highs all through the winter are in the 50's; | |
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through the dark hours in the wintertime at Nelson Lake temperatures dip to the 30's. There are plenty of people from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington here at Nelson Lake. If you need a place to stay Super 8 Rockwall is a wonderful choice,
and there's some out of the ordinary stuff to spot at Greenes Lake Dam near Nelson Lake. You're most likely into lakes, Sands Lake is one of those nearby; if you come at the right time of year, Rowlett Creek offers some fine whitewater.
Life's too short to enjoy all the fun things near Nelson Lake. Dry warm beds await you at Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ROCKWALL, and great hiking is available along the Trinity Trail. There's delightful hiking along the Wylie Community Park Trail; if you came to camp Mc Elroy Mobile Home Park is a perfect site to do that.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 32.96444 Longitude: -96.42472
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Rowlett Creek, Dallas CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class II-III(IV) - 2 miles long (Pleasant Valley Road in Garland TX) |
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Duck Creek, Dallas CountyCounty, 16 miles away Class II-III - 5 miles long (Beltline Road to Miller Road) |
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Spring Creek River, Collin Dallas CountyCounty, 19 miles away Class II(III) - 3 miles long (Renner Road to Jupiter Road) |
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Rowlett Creek
 | 12 miles away ...r. 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 aft... |
Ivy Lake
 | 18 miles away I want some info on Lake Ivy. I moved from Sioux City, IA. to Big Spring Texas one year ago. Would someone please help me find a place nearby to camp that is not desolate, lifeless, somewhere with trees, and FISH!!...I would like information on cabins or camp sites at Lake Ivy. Thank You... |
Spring Creek River
 | 18 miles away 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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