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Beauchamp Spring via White Oak Bayou Greenway

4.9 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Beauchamp Spring via White Oak Bayou Greenway is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Houston, TX. The route reaches Beauchamp Spring at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 56 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.77291, -95.36327
Nearest town Houston, TX
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Beauchamp Spring via White Oak Bayou Greenway

4.9 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 1–57 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 29.77291, -95.36327

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Transit-accessible: N Main St @ Brooks St stop 295 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 250 ftTurn left onto Pinckney Trail, heading SW.
  3. 300 ftTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  6. 400 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 500 ftSharp right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stude Park Path, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  22. 350 ftReach Beauchamp Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 350 ftTurn left onto Stude Park Path, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miSharp left onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  29. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading W.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  33. 250 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading SW.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 0.5 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  37. 350 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  39. 300 ftTurn left onto Pinckney Trail, heading E.
  40. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  41. 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-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

71% paved1% gravel28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:46 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: N Main St @ Brooks St stop 295 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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