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What a nice lake Phelps Lake is. There are plenty of people from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington here at Phelps Lake. There's so much to do here at Phelps Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Mc Elroy Mobile Home Park is a delightful place for that. Go for a hike on the Sister Grove Park Trail; after a long day outdoors Rockwall is a fine place to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Rockwall, Texas is a pleasant
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From a rain point of view Phelps Lake is a quite common spot; May is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month of the year is January. Through the warm days of summer here at Phelps Lake, high temperatures frequently reach the 90's while nighttime lows are generally in the 70's. For the period of the wintertime the highs are usually in the 50's, and during the dark hours in the wintertime at Phelps Lake temperatures dip | |
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to the 30's. Phelps Lake is not the only spot nearby, Caruth Lake is a nearby lake, and Duck Creek has a delightful whitewater paddling spot close by.
This lake is so wonderful. There is a great hiking trail near Phelps Lake called
the Wylie Community Park Trail, and an out of the ordinary thing to stop by right next door to Phelps Lake is Greenes Lake Dam. Going for a hike on the Trinity Trail is always a perfect adventure, and if you don’t have a problem getting
covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Rowlett Creek. Any time is a delightful time at Phelps Lake if you go for the outdoors. Phelps Lake is brilliant enough to spend more than a day at, Collin Park RV Resort
and Marina is a brilliant local campground, and if you want to play some golf, you're in luck because Buffalo Creek Golf Club is around here.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 32.94722
Longitude: -96.44861
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Rowlett Creek, Dallas CountyCounty, 11 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, 17 miles away
Class II(III) - 3 miles long (Renner Road to Jupiter Road) |
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