Texas trails · Lone Star
Lone Star
A 97.6-mile point-to-point in Texas, with 295 ft of climbing. Reaches Camelia Lake. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 1,974 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Camelia Lake (lake)
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Getting there
LONE STAR access — parking nearby. 30.53954, -95.78435 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:34 a.m., the sun rises at 6:58 a.m. and sets at 7:47 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:11 p.m. (CDT) — 12 h 48 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 97.6-mile route works out to roughly 36 h 18 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- PINE + LONE STAR + WHITE OAK — 1.6 mi loop, 119 ft gain
- WHITE OAK + LONE STAR + BIG CREEK — 2.1 mi loop, 139 ft gain
- LITTLE LAKE CREEK + SAND BRANCH + LONE STAR — 9.1 mi loop, 593 ft gain