Sugar Rush
3.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Sugar Rush is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Sugar Land Memorial Park near Greatwood, TX. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Rush
3.6 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 43–78 ft
Out & Back · Sugar Land Memorial Park
Trailhead: 29.56758, -95.65836
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sugar Rush, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Missing Link, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sugar Rush 3.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Sugar Rush 3.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Barbed Wire & Brazos Bend via Tower Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Justin Brindley Memorial Trail via Sugar Rush 3.6 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Missing Link & Sugar Rush Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 28 ft
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