Muddy Creek, Paddle Point Park, Lake Ray Hubbard
Paddle Point Park is a popular kayak and canoe launch site off of Miller Road in Rowlett. There is almost always someone else paddling here and there is a kayak rental place nearby. Sometimes it’s hard to find a place to park it’s so busy. The launch is in a small inlet of Lake Ray Hubbard and is pretty well wind protected. The lake portion of the route in the map above is the same as a TPWD trail, but it’s more interesting to go up Muddy Creek to the north. The area where Muddy Creek flows into the lake is sometimes too shallow to paddle, but when the lake is high enough the brushy areas there can be fun to explore, it’s very pretty. How far up the creek you can go will vary with flow rate but usually you can make it at least to Liberty Grove Road, with maybe a portage or two around some logs. At Liberty Grove there is a pond to the right but that direction ends pretty quickly; going north lets you explore more of the creek.
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Above: Overcast day at the Paddle Point Park put-in.
Above: View of Muddy Creek somewhere upstream.
Above: Typical winter look near where Muddy Creek flows into Lake Ray Hubbard.