Ennis Bluebonnet Trails (an April driving route) — Attraction in Ennis

If you're a born and raised Texan, you already know our state flower is the BLUEBONNET! If are new to Texas, see previous sentence! You can see them all over the state but the major spot to enjoy them is Ennis, TX (45mins- depending on traffic-southeast of Dallas). The blooms start to appear after the last frost and come to full blossom until the end of April/beginning of May. When you arrive, go to the Visitors Center first. The friendly folks there will give you a trail map and a bit of history at the same time. This is not a hurried experience so make sure you use the facilities before you depart. Take a cooler of water because Texas can be a little toasty this time of year. Luckily, my visit wasn't! While you're out there, stop at the winery for some refreshments. You won't be disappointed in their selections! Also, PLEASE DO NOT WALK, STAND, OR SIT ON THE BLUEBONNETS IN UNDESIGNATED AREAS. Again, this is Texas and you could encounter a fussy neighbor or a rattle snake or both! This is an annual/ fun event you should experience once in your life! You will come home smiling and feeling rested though you...

It's nothing like I thought it was going to be when I call them up to talk to the people there at the welcome center it sounded as if you don't get out of your car at all unless you want to take a picture well these places that have all these flowers and the bluebonnets and whatever you want to say there's there's a lot of them but it's just ridiculous she got to go all the way around town and cross over and go back and forth and it's nothing when I thought it was going to be and I'm really disappointed but the flowers are absolutely gorgeous I'm going to send some pictures with this so you can see but I'm just not I'm just not real high on the place like I was before I got there I would like to add that these bluebonnets are the biggest bluebonnet flowers I've ever seen in my life they're huge they seem to be on steroids so just enjoy them...

We were in Texas for the eclipse, but timed it just perfectly for the bluebonnets to be in full bloom. The bluebonnet trail in Ennis exceeded all of our expectations, what a beautiful and friendly little town. We had looked at the visitors bureau map online and also stopped into the visitors center for a physical map. We were running out of daylight, and the visitor center staff recommended the northern loop around tiny Bristol which was just beautiful. Gorgeous flower fields and the prettiest homes. There were a number of families and would be influencers in flowing dresses taking pictures. Sadly the Belgian horses were not out in their field that evening. I definitely want to come back and spend more time to explore. The scale of the map was larger than I expected, it's quite an...