Quail Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Quail Trail is an 8.6-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.
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Quail Trail
8.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 50–82 ft
Out & Back · Terry Hershey Park
Trailhead: 29.76406, -95.57163
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Mockingbird Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left onto Quail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:03 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:23 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:47 PM.
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