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Timbergrove Manor Park

M-K-T Trail & White Oak Bayou Greenway

10.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 3 hr 27 min

M-K-T Trail & White Oak Bayou Greenway is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Timbergrove Manor Park near Houston, TX. It is mostly level, with 169 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 56 ft12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.76021, -95.37264
Nearest town Houston, TX
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M-K-T Trail & White Oak Bayou Greenway

10.1 mi · ▲ 169 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 1–57 ft

Out & Back · Timbergrove Manor Park

Trailhead: 29.76021, -95.37264

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

Transit-accessible: stop 444 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn right onto South Trail, heading E.
  3. 150 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Heritage East Trail, heading E.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.5 miContinue straight onto West 7th Street, heading NW.
  21. 300 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.9 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  23. 0.7 miReach M-K-T Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.7 miTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.9 miContinue straight onto West 7th Street, heading E.
  26. 300 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.5 miTurn left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  29. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  30. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading E.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 250 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.5 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading SE.
  36. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading S.
  37. 400 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  39. 0.7 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou North Trail, heading E.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading E.
  41. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  42. 0.3 miBear right onto South Trail, heading SE.
  43. 450 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftBear right onto South Trail, heading SE.
  45. 150 ftTurn left onto Lamar Street Bikeway, heading SE.
  46. 50 ftArrive 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/eleanor-tinsley-park-viewpoint-the-cistern-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

94% paved6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 444 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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