Pilot Point

Downtown: a courthouse-style square without the courthouse

Pilot Point's historic center is the downtown square, with a city gazebo at 55 S. Washington St. City Hall sits on the square at 102 E. Main St. The Farmers and Merchants Bank building on the square is where Arthur Penn filmed the bank robbery scene for the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde.

Places on and near the square that appear in both the city's January 2025 Main Street roundup and the 2026 Visit Pilot Point directory include Pilot Point Coffee House (110 W. Main St.), Lowbrows Saloon (200 S. Washington St.), Leo's Pizzeria (212 S. Washington St.), Powerhouse Burger (108 N. Washington St.) and Western Son Distillery (217 W. Division St.), the vodka maker. The 2026 directory also lists Moto & Latte Coffee Roaster in a restored gas station at 110 E. Liberty St. and Bella Mia Winery at 111 S. Jefferson St.

Storefronts turn over, so check a place before you go. Most chain food and fuel is on US 377.

A year of events on the square

The city's Main Street program runs most events. The 2026 calendar opened with an Easter egg hunt and flower festival on March 28. The Pilot Point Market follows on the last Saturday of each month from April through July.

Bonnie & Clyde Days is the biggest day of the year. The 15th edition was held Oct. 10, 2026, from 2 to 9 p.m. It featured bank robbery reenactments at the F&M Bank building, live music and a morning 5K. Scare on the Square followed on Oct. 24, and Christmas on the Square is set for Dec. 5, 2026.

Just outside town, Texas Tulips at 10656 FM 2931 opens for pick-your-own tulips each spring. In 2026 it opened early, on Feb. 15, and charged $7 to enter and $3 a stem.

Parks and the lake next door

The city's main sports park is Allen Groff III Memorial Ball Park (Groff Park) at 1514 N. Washington St. It has baseball and softball fields, tennis, pickleball and basketball courts, a playground, picnic tables and trails. Old City Park, at 130 E. Division St., has a rentable pavilion and a push-button splash pad that runs April through October. The city does not publish acreage for either park.

The Isle du Bois Unit of Ray Roberts Lake State Park (100 PW 4137) is about 8 minutes from the square. The lake covers about 29,000 acres, and the park has camping, swim beaches with no lifeguards, fishing piers, horse trails and paved multiuse trails. A 20-mile Greenbelt Corridor runs from Ray Roberts Dam south to Lake Lewisville. Twelve miles of it are open to horses and ten are for hiking and biking only.

Errands: groceries in town, more choice south

Brookshire Brothers at 750 US 377 is a full-size grocery store in town. It is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and has a pharmacy. The 22,500 sq ft store opened in 2015. Kroger opened a Marketplace store of about 123,000 sq ft at 26587 E. University Dr. (US 380), near the Aubrey and Little Elm line, on July 31, 2026. It is about 16 miles south. H-E-B bought 95 acres at FM 1385 and Mustang Road in August 2025, but the company said it had no immediate plans for the site.

Pilot Point has no hospital. Methodist Celina Medical Center (1500 S. Dallas Pkwy, Celina) opened March 17, 2025, with a 24/7 emergency room. It is about 15 miles away. In Denton, Medical City Denton (3535 S. I-35E) is a state-designated Level II trauma center, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton is at 3000 N. I-35. Each is roughly 20 miles from the square.

The Pilot Point Community Library is at 324 S. Washington St. It is open Tuesday through Saturday. City Hall is at 102 E. Main St.

Schools

Pilot Point ISD runs four campuses: the Early Childhood Center for pre-K and kindergarten (829 S. Jefferson St.), Pilot Point Elementary for grades 1-5 (501 E. Carroll St.), Pilot Point Middle School for grades 6-8 (828 S. Harrison St.) and Pilot Point High School for grades 9-12 (1300 N. Washington St.). Builder listings in the Mobberly Farms subdivision, on the FM 1385 side of town, also show Pilot Point ISD.

The Texas Tribune's school explorer counts 1,735 students in 2026, up 24.5% since 2016. The superintendent reported 1,823 students in August 2026. The district's most recent TEA rating listed by the Tribune is a C for 2024-25. In August 2026 the district reported an overall C with 77 points, a 96% graduation rate and an 89% college, career and military readiness rate.

Getting around and public safety

US 377 is the town's main commercial road, and the fast-growing southeast side lies along FM 1385. Off-peak, downtown Denton is about 32 minutes away, Frisco 39, Plano's Legacy West 42, DFW Airport 65, Love Field 68 and downtown Dallas 69. Rush hour adds time. We found no fixed-route public transit.

Pilot Point Police is at 1797 N. Washington St. The career fire department works out of Station 2 at 1789 N. Washington St. and Station 3 at 14101 Coness St. The original Station 1 was vacated in 2021, and the city plans to rebuild it. Station 3 opened in January 2026 to serve the fast-growing southeast side near the Creekview and Mobberly Farms subdivisions. It has 15 new staff, an engine, an ambulance and a brush truck. The department says response times to that area dropped from about 15 minutes to typically under four.

Not confirmed yet

• Which rating year the district's August 2026 'C, 77 points' refers to, and 2026 campus-level TEA ratings.
• Park acreage (the city does not publish it) and whether there are other city parks besides Groff Park, Old City Park and the square.
• Whether parts of the city limits fall in other ISDs (Aubrey, Celina, Tioga). Only Mobberly Farms was checked.
• ISO fire rating; police headcount; who provides ambulance transport citywide.
• Urgent care or walk-in clinic in town: none confirmed with 2025-26 evidence.
• Whether Pelzel's Hometown Pharmacy (1340 N. Hwy 377 Ste 100) and Axtell Pharmacy (1246 S. Hwy 377) are open. Both are listed on undated pharmacy directories.
• Downtown Master Plan contents and any 2026 square improvements.
• Post office address.