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Beauchamp Spring & Buffalo Bayou North Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway

9 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Beauchamp Spring & Buffalo Bayou North Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway is a 9-mile out-and-back near Houston, TX. The route reaches Beauchamp Spring at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 370 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 56 ft10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.76294, -95.33945
Nearest town Houston, TX
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Beauchamp Spring & Buffalo Bayou North Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway

9 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 0–57 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 29.76294, -95.33945

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:09 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 260 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Buffalo Bayou North Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Heritage East Trail, heading SW.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 500 ftSharp right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stude Park Path, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.4 miPass Beauchamp Spring.
  24. 300 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading S.
  25. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 350 ftReach Beauchamp Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  29. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 350 ftTurn left onto Stude Park Path, heading W.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left onto M-K-T Trail, heading SW.
  35. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading NW.
  38. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  39. 250 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  41. 0.5 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading SE.
  42. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  43. 400 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  44. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  45. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Heritage East Trail, heading E.
  46. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 150 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SE.
  48. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  49. 0.3 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou North Trail, heading SE.
  50. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  51. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  52. 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/beauchamp-spring-buffalo-bayou-north-trail-out-back-14-km

Trail surface

85% paved15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:09 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 260 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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