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Mockingbird Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Terry Hershey Park near Memorial Thicket, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi69 – 95 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mockingbird Trail Unpaved Access 29.76883, -95.63692
Nearest town Memorial Thicket, TX

Directions

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Mockingbird Trail

2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min

Elevation 68–94 ft

Out & Back · Terry Hershey Park

Trailhead: Mockingbird Trail Unpaved Access · 29.76883, -95.63692

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start on Mockingbird Trail Unpaved Access, heading N.
  2. 250 ftTurn right onto Mockingbird Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mockingbird Trail Unpaved Access, heading W.
  12. 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 surface

70% dirt28% paved2% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 8 min before dark.

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