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Buffalo Bayou Park

Lost Lake–The Cistern, 3 lakes

11.1 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Lost Lake–The Cistern, 3 lakes is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Buffalo Bayou Park near Houston Heights, TX. The route passes The Cistern and Lost Lake. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 59 ft14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Paul Carr Jogging Trail 29.79654, -95.39795
Nearest town Houston Heights, TX
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Lost Lake–The Cistern, 3 lakes

11.1 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 1–59 ft

Out & Back · Buffalo Bayou Park

Trailhead: Paul Carr Jogging Trail · 29.79654, -95.39795

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Paul Carr Jogging Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto M-K-T Trail, heading SE.
  7. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  15. 400 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou North Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miPass The Cistern.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto South Trail, heading W.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto South Trail, heading SW.
  24. 300 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto South Trail, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Eleanor Tinsley Park Trail, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn right onto Police Memorial Trail, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Police Memorial Trail, heading W.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  33. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  39. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rosemont Bridge, heading W.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rosemont Trail, heading W.
  41. 50 ftBear left onto Montrose Pedestrian Bridge, heading W.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  43. 250 ftPass Lost Lake.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  45. 100 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  46. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  47. 0.5 miReach Lost Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  48. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  50. 350 ftTurn left onto Montrose Pedestrian Bridge, heading NW.
  51. 50 ftBear right onto Rosemont Trail, heading NW.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rosemont Bridge, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  54. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  55. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  56. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  59. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  60. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  61. 150 ftContinue straight onto Police Memorial Trail, heading W.
  62. 100 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  63. 50 ftTurn right onto Police Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  64. 50 ftTurn left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  65. 150 ftTurn left onto Eleanor Tinsley Park Trail, heading SW.
  66. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  67. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  68. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Trail, heading W.
  69. 50 ftBear right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  70. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading W.
  71. 300 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading NE.
  72. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading NE.
  73. 450 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading NE.
  74. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  75. 0.1 miTurn left onto Heritage East Trail, heading E.
  76. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  77. 0.6 miBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  78. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading SE.
  79. 400 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading E.
  80. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading SE.
  81. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  82. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading E.
  83. 150 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  84. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  85. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  86. 500 ftTurn left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  87. 50 ftTurn right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  88. 0.5 miTurn right onto Paul Carr Jogging Trail, heading NW.
  89. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  90. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  91. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lost-lake-lost-lake-out-back-6-lakes-18-km

Trail surface

80% paved16% gravel4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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