Quail Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Quail Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Terry Hershey Park near Parkway Villages, TX. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Quail Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elevation 44–79 ft
Out & Back · Terry Hershey Park
Trailhead: 29.76882, -95.62290
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miBear left onto Quail Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Quail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~98 min). Leave by 5:25 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Quail Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Anthills 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Blue Jay Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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