Pedal Boat Lagoon & Reflection Pool via Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Pedal Boat Lagoon & Reflection Pool via Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near University Oaks, TX. The route passes Reflection Pool before reaching Pedal Boat Lagoon at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. 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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Pedal Boat Lagoon & Reflection Pool via Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 10–43 ft
Out & Back · Hermann Park
Trailhead: Columbia Tap Rail Trail · 29.72099, -95.36551
Weather Sep 20: Overcast, high 95°F / low 75° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Greenway, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Reflection Pool.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Pedal Boat Lagoon, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Columbia Tap Rail Trail Trailhead
- Brays Bayou Greenway 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 5 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 5.5 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Brays Bayou Greenway 5 mi · ▲ 110 ft
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