Rowlett Creek is a creek that flows through Collin,

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and Rockwall Counties in Texas.

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The creek rises west of

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and flows south-east through Rowlett Creek Park before passing under the

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and into Plano. In Plano the creek passes through the Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve before continuing south into Breckinridge Park in Richardson and then into

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where

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meets it, the creek then diverts in an eastern direction. The creek flows under the

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before reaching the Rowlett Creek Dallas County Nature Preserve, here it flows south before reaching

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in Rowlett.

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