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Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Library Loop Trail via Brays Bayou Greenway

10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Library Loop Trail via Brays Bayou Greenway is a 10.7-mile out-and-back near Alief, 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 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.72444, -95.59255
Nearest town Alief, TX
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Brays Bayou Connector Trail & Library Loop Trail via Brays Bayou Greenway

10.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 34 min

Elevation 54–80 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 29.72444, -95.59255

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

Transit-accessible: Richmond Ave @ S Kirkwood Rd stop 771 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  3. 2.3 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail (BBCT), heading NW.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Library Loop Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Wortham Foundaiton Bridge, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miReach Brays Bayou Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto Library Loop Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail (BBCT), heading S.
  13. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading S.
  15. 2.4 miBear right onto Brays Bayou Connector Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miArrive 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/brays-bayou-connector-trail-library-loop-trail-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

87% paved13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Richmond Ave @ S Kirkwood Rd stop 771 m from the trailhead

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