Reflection Pool & Brays Bayou Greenway
7.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Reflection Pool & Brays Bayou Greenway is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near Southampton Place, TX. The route reaches Reflection Pool. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Reflection Pool & Brays Bayou Greenway
7.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 13–50 ft
Out & Back · Hermann Park
Trailhead: Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail · 29.71761, -95.38681
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
Transit-accessible: Kinder Station stop 276 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Greenway, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Reflection Pool.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 2.9 miReach Reflection Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Greenway, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Kinder Station stop 276 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail Trailhead
- Brays Bayou Greenway 3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 2.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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