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Buffalo Bayou Park

The Cistern & Buffalo Bayou South Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway

7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 2 hr 24 min

The Cistern & Buffalo Bayou South Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway is a 7-mile out-and-back in Buffalo Bayou Park near Woodland Heights, TX. The route reaches The Cistern at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 56 ft8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stude Park Path 29.77962, -95.38224
Nearest town Woodland Heights, TX
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The Cistern & Buffalo Bayou South Trail via White Oak Bayou Greenway

7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 1–57 ft

Out & Back · Buffalo Bayou Park

Trailhead: Stude Park Path · 29.77962, -95.38224

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 389 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stude Park Path, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto M-K-T Trail, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  12. 400 ftBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou North Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miPass The Cistern.
  18. 200 ftBear right onto South Trail, heading W.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto South Trail, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto South Trail, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading W.
  24. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 100 ftReach The Cistern, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading W.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading SW.
  31. 250 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Trail, heading SW.
  33. 450 ftBear left onto Buffalo Bayou South Trail, heading SW.
  34. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Heritage East Trail, heading NE.
  36. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading NE.
  37. 0.6 miBear right onto M-K-T Trail, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading E.
  39. 400 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail Hogan Bridge, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miContinue straight onto M-K-T Trail, heading NW.
  41. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right onto Oliver Street Trail, heading W.
  43. 150 ftTurn left onto M-K-T Trail, heading W.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  45. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  46. 500 ftSharp right onto White Oak Bayou Greenway, heading W.
  47. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stude Park Path, heading W.
  48. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  49. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/the-cistern-the-cistern-out-back-4-sights-11-km-9ee3

Trail surface

92% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:10 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 389 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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