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Sugar Land Memorial Park

Barbed Wire & Brazos Bend via Sugar Rush

5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Barbed Wire & Brazos Bend via Sugar Rush is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Sugar Land Memorial Park near Oxford, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi43 – 82 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.55368, -95.63525
Nearest town Oxford, TX
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Barbed Wire & Brazos Bend via Sugar Rush

5.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 43–82 ft

Out & Back · Sugar Land Memorial Park

Trailhead: 29.55368, -95.63525

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear left onto Sugar Rush, heading N.
  11. 0.8 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Missing Link, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tower Loop, heading SW.
  23. 450 ftTurn right onto Brazos Bend, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SW.
  25. 150 ftTurn left onto Brazos Bend, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Copperhead, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brazos Bend, heading SW.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto Barbed Wire, heading SW.
  29. 100 ftReach Brazos Bend, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Brazos Bend, heading SW.
  31. 250 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Brazos Bend, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 100 ftContinue straight onto Copperhead, heading SW.
  35. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brazos Bend, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tower Loop, heading NW.
  37. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  38. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  40. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  42. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  44. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  45. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  46. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading SW.
  47. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  48. 50 ftSharp right onto Sugar Rush, heading NE.
  49. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  50. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  51. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  52. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  53. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  54. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  56. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  57. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  58. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/barbed-wire-brazos-bend-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

50% dirt27% paved8% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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