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A visit to Nelson Lake is always a good idea. If the weather is delightful here at Nelson Lake, you can go for a hike along the Sister Grove Park Trail, and Bluff Creek is in close proximity to Nelson Lake and is always a delight to check out. Nelson Lake is near Greenes Lake Dam which is a gorgeous place positively worth stopping at; there are other spots here than Nelson Lake, for example Sands Lake. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Rockwall, Texas is
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| | a splendid spot to get some rest; there are some tremendous whitewater spots on Rowlett Creek. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Duck Creek; Nelson Lake is a perfect location to visit for more than one day, Collin Park RV Resort and Marina is a perfect location to camp nearby. Here at Nelson Lake there are plenty of folks from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington. This lake is so wonderful. Have a great hiking adventure | |
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along the Trinity Trail, and dry warm beds await you at Rockwall. This lake is so wonderful. Near Nelson Lake you hit upon a golf course called Buffalo Creek Golf Club, and Mc Elroy Mobile Home Park is a great campground nearby.
Summer at Nelson Lake comes with high temperatures in the 90's with overnight lows in the 70's. Highs through the winter are regularly in the 50's, and throughout the dark hours in the winter at Nelson Lake temperatures sink to the
30's. Any time is a magnificent time at Nelson Lake if you like the outdoors. Lakes? Sure, Crenshaw Lake is around here, and since you're here you can take a hike along the Wylie Community Park Trail. Nelson Lake is a good site of common rainfall; May is the wettest month with most rain, and January is when it's the driest.
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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 ...rewheel 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 after 66) both with their... |
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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