Brays Bayou Greenway & Tiger Walk
10.7 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Brays Bayou Greenway & Tiger Walk is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Hermann Park near University Oaks, TX. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Brays Bayou Greenway & Tiger Walk
10.7 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Elevation 10–50 ft
Out & Back · Hermann Park
Trailhead: 29.72272, -95.35716
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:10 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Transit-accessible: TSU/UH Athletics District stop 566 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tiger Walk, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 2.9 miReach Tiger Walk, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Brays Bayou Greenway, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Columbia Tap Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Tiger Walk, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~95 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: TSU/UH Athletics District stop 566 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Brays Bayou Greenway & Tiger Walk 4.9 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Reflection Pool & Tiger Walk via Marvin Taylor Exercise Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflecting Pool–Mecom Rockwell Colonnade, 3 lakes 5.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- McGovern Lake–Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflecting Pool, 4 lakes 5.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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