Tower Loop via Sugar Rush
6.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Tower Loop via Sugar Rush is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Sugar Land Memorial Park near Oxford, TX. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 79 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 29.54999, -95.62987
Nearest town Oxford, TX
Directions
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Tower Loop via Sugar Rush
6.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 43–78 ft
Out & Back · Sugar Land Memorial Park
Trailhead: 29.54999, -95.62987
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Sugar Rush, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Tower Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Sugar Land Brazos River Park Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Tower Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Tower Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Missing Link, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Sugar Rush, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 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
42% dirt18% paved9% gravel31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:21 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Tower Loop 5.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Tower Loop 5.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Sugar Rush 6.1 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Barbed Wire & Brazos Bend via Tower Loop 6.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Missing Link via Sugar Rush 5.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Sugar Rush 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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