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Terry Hershey Park

Mockingbird Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Mockingbird Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Terry Hershey Park near Memorial Thicket, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi56 – 95 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

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

2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 58 min

Elevation 57–94 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 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou Bridge, heading E.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Blue Jay Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Jay Trail, heading N.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Memorial Access, heading N.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Memorial Access, heading N.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Jay Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Blue Jay Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou Bridge, heading S.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mockingbird Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mockingbird Trail Unpaved Access, heading S.
  21. 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/mockingbird-trail-out-back-6-km-d640

Trail surface

52% paved44% dirt4% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 7 min before dark.

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