Columbia Tap Rail Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Columbia Tap Rail Trail is an 8.2-mile out-and-back near Eastwood, 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.
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Columbia Tap Rail Trail
8.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 23–44 ft
Out & Back
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 left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
- 2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn right onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 5:33 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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 6.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 8.5 mi · ▲ 110 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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