Tower Loop
5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Tower Loop is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Sugar Land Memorial Park near New Territory, TX. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tower Loop
5.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 56–79 ft
Out & Back · Sugar Land Memorial Park
Trailhead: 29.57858, -95.64812
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tower Loop, heading N.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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 1.1 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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