Quail Trail
10 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Quail Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Terry Hershey Park near Meadow Walk, TX. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Quail Trail
10 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 44–79 ft
Out & Back · Terry Hershey Park
Trailhead: Mockingbird Trail · 29.77147, -95.62284
Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 97°F / low 75° · precip 9% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mockingbird Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Jay Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Quail Trail, heading E.
- 2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Quail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Jay Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Mockingbird Trail, heading N.
- 50 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 3.8 mi in (~93 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Mockingbird Trail Trailhead
- Quail Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Quail Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Deerwood Road Access via Quail Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Anthills 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Anthills 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Anthills 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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