Columbia Tap Rail Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Columbia Tap Rail Trail is an 8.8-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
8.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 23–45 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail · 29.74725, -95.34730
Weather Sep 22: Partly cloudy, high 97°F / low 76° · precip 8% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:19 PM
Transit-accessible: Coffee Plant/Second Ward stop 696 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 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.
- 2.1 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 3.9 mi in (~95 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:19 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Coffee Plant/Second Ward stop 696 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Columbia Tap Rail Trail Trailhead
- Urban Forest & Brays Bayou Greenway 11.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Columbia Tap Rail Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 9.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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