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Sugar Land Memorial Park

Missing Link & Tower Loop via Sugar Rush

5.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Missing Link & Tower Loop via Sugar Rush is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Sugar Land Memorial Park near Greatwood, TX. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi43 – 79 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.57393, -95.64971
Nearest town Greatwood, TX · Official trailhead info (uh.edu)
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Missing Link & Tower Loop via Sugar Rush

5.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 43–79 ft

Out & Back · Sugar Land Memorial Park

Trailhead: 29.57393, -95.64971

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 500 ftTurn right onto Tower Loop, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sugar Land Brazos River Park Trail, heading SW.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Tower Loop, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Sugar Rush, heading E.
  17. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  24. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 200 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/missing-link-tower-loop-out-back-9-km-9102

Trail surface

46% dirt34% paved14% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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