Cycle The Parks, Lake Somerville SP

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Lake Sommerville SP has some very nice campgrounds in two units Nails creek and Birch creek. The two parks are connected by a trailway suitable for hiking, horses and mtn bikes. The trail is not good for road bikes. County Roads around Lake Somerville are heavy - heavy gravel or heavily patched. Go exploring at the risk of turning around. Terrain is undulating.

Name Phone numberCity
Lake Sommerville SP, Birch 979 535 7763Somerville
Lake Sommerville SP, Nails 979 289 2392Burton
Burleson County Sheriff979 567 4343Caldwell
Lee County Sheriff979 542 2800Giddings
Washington County Sheriff979 277 6251Brenham

Location: 30 15 35.82 N, 96 38 06.75 W

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The Routes

distanceClimbingque SheetmapGarmin routeGoogle earthProfile
31 miles 776 feet q-31 route-31 earth-31
42 miles 1118 feet q-42 route-42 earth-42
54 miles 1500 feet q-54 route-54 earth-54
64 miles 1865 feet q-64 route-64 earth-64

For Google earth, right click and select "save as" or "save link as", remember your saved location. Then open Google Earth, , select File - open, navigate/select the newly saved file.

For Garmin routes, right click and select "save as" or "save link as", remember your saved location. Follow your Garmin's instructions on saving and using routes.

May 2011

Lake Somerville SP weather