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Terry Hershey Park

Quail Trail

8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Quail Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Terry Hershey Park near Gaywood, 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 mi49 – 79 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 29.76315, -95.56960
Nearest town Gaywood, TX
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Quail Trail

8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Elevation 50–79 ft

Out & Back · Terry Hershey Park

Trailhead: 29.76315, -95.56960

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Quail Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 2.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Jay Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 1 miBear left onto Quail Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miArrive 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/quail-trail-out-back-13-km-aa3f

Trail surface

52% paved40% grass3% dirt1% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 5 min before dark.

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