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Hermann Park

Columbia Tap Rail Trail

7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Columbia Tap Rail Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near Eastwood, TX. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 46 ft8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail 29.74725, -95.34730
Nearest town Eastwood, TX
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Columbia Tap Rail Trail

7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 10–45 ft

Out & Back · Hermann Park

Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail · 29.74725, -95.34730

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Transit-accessible: Coffee Plant/Second Ward stop 696 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2.7 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading NE.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading NE.
  14. 2.2 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/columbia-tap-rail-trail-out-back-11-km-cd19

Trail surface

90% paved8% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Coffee Plant/Second Ward stop 696 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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