Trinity Trail
06-04-2007, 12:32 PM
The Trinity Trail Preservation Association will sponsor a trailride, June 9th at the East Fork Park trailhead in Wylie weather permitting. Ride out at 9 AM and bring a food and beverages for yourself which can be enjoyed before or after your ride in the company of other trailriders. You can adjust your ride to your own schedule. The ride will be automatically cancelled if it is raining or if there has been so much rain as to make the trail extremely wet, muddy and dangerous. To check on trail conditions call Trail Steward Charlie Gaines at 972-824-3369. Don’t forget your current negative Coggins Certificate for each horse, as state law requires us to check. You can’t enter the park without one. For safety reasons, dogs will not be permitted on the trail. They must remain tied at your trailer in camp. For more information, see the Trinity Trail Preservation Association’s website at www.trinitytrailriders.org .
Wylie is northeast of Dallas. From Dallas, go north on US 75 and take the Parker Road exit in Plano. Go east until Parker Road T’s into FM 1378. Turn right on FM 1378 for a short distance and then turn left (east) again on Parker Road. Follow it past St. Paul City Hall on the curve and past the Parker Road Veterinary office on the right. Turn left on Paul Wilson Road by the cabinet shop and the Wylie Animal Hospital. This becomes CR 384. Follow CR 384 to CR 388. Turn right on CR 388 at the stop sign and follow it to the trailhead on the left, marked by the white pipe fence.
From north of Wylie on State Highway 78, come south on SH 78 and turn right (west) on CR 389. When it T's, turn left on CR 388 and then shortly turn right into the East Fork trailhead which is bounded by a white pipe fence
The Trinity Trail Preservation Organization is an all-volunteer equestrian organization whose main purpose is to maintain the 9-mile long trail on the Corps of Engineers land along Lake Lavon and to network with other trail riders. Besides maintaining the trail, the group sponsors trail rides and cookouts and has quarterly meetings with speakers on horse-related issues. The group is truly regional and has over 130 member families from Addison, Allen, Aubrey, Blue Ridge, Celeste, Celina, Dallas, Fairview, Farmersville, Forney, Garland, Josephine, Lavon, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Mesquite, Murphy, Nevada, Parker, Pilot Point, Plano, Pottsboro, Princeton, Quitman, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royce City, Sachse, Sanger, St. Paul, Van Alstyne, and Wylie. In addition, riders and hikers from all over the Metroplex come to enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the trail. The trail runs from Brockdale Park in Lucas through Collin Park in St. Paul to East Fork Park in Wylie. The TTPA members are currently working with the Lake Lavon Army Corps of Engineers and Collin County Parks and Open Space to extend the trail northward to Fairview. Officially organized in 1997, all funding has been from 50% matching grants awarded by Texas Parks & Wildlife and Collin County Parks and Open Space, cash donations from members, thousands of volunteer hours and the help and support of the Corps of Engineers, and the Cities of Lucas and Wylie. The group publishes a monthly newsletter filled with upcoming events and dues are $25 per year.
For more information, call Membership Chairman Betty Van Houten at 214-864-4066. To join and get regular delivery of the monthly newsletter, send $25 to Trinity Trail Preservation Association, c/o Pat Martin, 4040 Avion Drive, Wylie, TX 75098.
Wylie is northeast of Dallas. From Dallas, go north on US 75 and take the Parker Road exit in Plano. Go east until Parker Road T’s into FM 1378. Turn right on FM 1378 for a short distance and then turn left (east) again on Parker Road. Follow it past St. Paul City Hall on the curve and past the Parker Road Veterinary office on the right. Turn left on Paul Wilson Road by the cabinet shop and the Wylie Animal Hospital. This becomes CR 384. Follow CR 384 to CR 388. Turn right on CR 388 at the stop sign and follow it to the trailhead on the left, marked by the white pipe fence.
From north of Wylie on State Highway 78, come south on SH 78 and turn right (west) on CR 389. When it T's, turn left on CR 388 and then shortly turn right into the East Fork trailhead which is bounded by a white pipe fence
The Trinity Trail Preservation Organization is an all-volunteer equestrian organization whose main purpose is to maintain the 9-mile long trail on the Corps of Engineers land along Lake Lavon and to network with other trail riders. Besides maintaining the trail, the group sponsors trail rides and cookouts and has quarterly meetings with speakers on horse-related issues. The group is truly regional and has over 130 member families from Addison, Allen, Aubrey, Blue Ridge, Celeste, Celina, Dallas, Fairview, Farmersville, Forney, Garland, Josephine, Lavon, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Mesquite, Murphy, Nevada, Parker, Pilot Point, Plano, Pottsboro, Princeton, Quitman, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royce City, Sachse, Sanger, St. Paul, Van Alstyne, and Wylie. In addition, riders and hikers from all over the Metroplex come to enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the trail. The trail runs from Brockdale Park in Lucas through Collin Park in St. Paul to East Fork Park in Wylie. The TTPA members are currently working with the Lake Lavon Army Corps of Engineers and Collin County Parks and Open Space to extend the trail northward to Fairview. Officially organized in 1997, all funding has been from 50% matching grants awarded by Texas Parks & Wildlife and Collin County Parks and Open Space, cash donations from members, thousands of volunteer hours and the help and support of the Corps of Engineers, and the Cities of Lucas and Wylie. The group publishes a monthly newsletter filled with upcoming events and dues are $25 per year.
For more information, call Membership Chairman Betty Van Houten at 214-864-4066. To join and get regular delivery of the monthly newsletter, send $25 to Trinity Trail Preservation Association, c/o Pat Martin, 4040 Avion Drive, Wylie, TX 75098.