Brays Bayou Greenway
8.5 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Brays Bayou Greenway is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near Eastwood, TX. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi10 – 43 ft10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail 29.74246, -95.34860
Nearest town Eastwood, TX
Directions
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Brays Bayou Greenway
8.5 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 10–44 ft
Out & Back · Hermann Park
Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail · 29.74246, -95.34860
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Transit-accessible: Leeland/Third Ward stop 446 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miArrive 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% paved6% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:21 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Leeland/Third Ward stop 446 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Columbia Tap Rail Trail Trailhead
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 8.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 7.2 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 111 ft
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