Mike Driscoll Park

Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Brays Bayou Greenway

13.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Brays Bayou Greenway is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Mike Driscoll Park near West Crest, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi52 – 79 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.72780, -95.57320
Nearest town West Crest, TX

Directions

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Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Brays Bayou Greenway

13.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 54–80 ft

Out & Back · Mike Driscoll Park

Trailhead: 29.72780, -95.57320

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Library Loop Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail (BBCT), heading S.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  7. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Mike Driscoll Park Loop, heading W.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  10. 1.5 miReach Brays Bayou Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 2.1 miTurn left onto Mike Driscoll Park Loop, heading E.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading NE.
  13. 2.4 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail (BBCT), heading E.
  15. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Library Loop Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Westchase Train, heading N.
  18. 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 surface

93% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead