Hermann Park

Brays Bayou Greenway

5 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Brays Bayou Greenway is a 5-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near University Oaks, 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 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail 29.72256, -95.36414
Nearest town University Oaks, TX

Directions

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Brays Bayou Greenway

5 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 10–43 ft

Out & Back · Hermann Park

Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail · 29.72256, -95.36414

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.7 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
  9. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  26. 0.7 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.5 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

88% paved11% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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