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If you are in this part of Texas make sure to pay a visit to Phelps Lake. On a great day at Phelps Lake you can take a hike along the Wylie Community Park Trail; an afternoon playing golf at Buffalo Creek Golf Club is always a diversion. Summertime highs at Phelps Lake ordinarily tend to be in the 90's. Throughout the moonlight hours it's ordinarily in the 70's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 50's, and nighttime lows all through the winter
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| | for Phelps Lake tend to be in the 30's. If you need a spot to stay Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Rockwall, Texas is a fine choice; Caruth Lake is a nearby lake that you could check out.
If you're interested in hydro structures, you can pop by Greenes Lake Dam, and there is a delightful hiking trail close by called the Trinity Trail. From a precipitation point of view Phelps Lake is a pretty typical spot; the month of May is the wettest with most of the rain, | |
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and January meanwhile is the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. There's so much to do here at Phelps Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Collin Park RV Resort and Marina is a great place for that, and a lake nearby
is Greenes Lake.
No way I can stop, cause I'm havin' a wonderful time here at Phelps Lake. A good nearby hotel is Rockwall, and you can run the rapids of Rowlett Creek. This lake is so wonderful. This is a popular site for folks
from Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Phelps Lake has to offer, you can camp at Mc Elroy Mobile Home Park. A perfect site for whitewater paddling in the vicinity of Phelps Lake is Duck Creek; nearby you hit upon the Sister Grove Park Trail which is a great hiking trail.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 32.94722
Longitude: -96.44861
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| | Whitewater Near Phelps Lake:
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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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Rowlett Creek
| 10 miles away
...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 own unique sounds and SMELLS. We have gone all the way to Lake Ray Hubbard before but the stretch between Miller Rd. and the Lake is pretty ... |
Spring Creek River
| 17 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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At the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Rockwall, you will be greeted by our friendly, professional staff who help ensure that you relax and enjoy your stay. We feature 60 spacious and luxurious gue...
2 miles away
