Terry Hershey Park

Terry Hershey Park

A panoramic photo of Terry Hershey Park near Eldridge Road. The Buffalo Bayou is behind the trees at left.
Type Public park (county park), bicycle trail
Location Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°46′01″N 95°37′08″W / 29.767078°N 95.618906°W / 29.767078; -95.618906Coordinates: 29°46′01″N 95°37′08″W / 29.767078°N 95.618906°W / 29.767078; -95.618906
Area 500 acres (200 ha)[1]
Created 1989 (1989)[2]
Operated by Harris County (Precinct Three, Commissioner Steve Radack)
Website [* Harris County Precinct 3 website Terry Hershey Park at the Harris County Precinct Three website]
terryhersheypark.org

Terry Hershey Park is a county park that runs parallel to a roughly 6 mile (9.65 kilometer) western stretch of the Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas, United States. The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being paved.[3] The park hosts a network of walking and dirt trails that run along the bayou from State Highway 6 to the Sam Houston Tollway. The park is a popular destination for residents living in the neighborhoods along the park, local city bikers and Geocachers.

Bike trails

A trail along the bayou.

The park maintains a network of both paved asphalt paths and dirt trails along the bayou. The paved walkways are located in the cleared stretch of the park, free of trees, and are about 10 feet in width. The dirt trails, however, cut through the densely grown forest growing along the bayou, and are not easily accessible.

The park promotes its signature bike trails, the "Anthills", on its website.

A branchoff bayou in the park.

Neighborhoods along the park

Neighborhoods are listed from east to west.

Bordering the park to the north:

  • Memorial Bend
  • Memorial Glen
  • Gaywood
  • Memorial Trails
  • Wilchester
  • Wilchester West
  • Yorkshire
  • Woodbend in Memorial
  • River Forest
  • Memorial Drive Acres
  • Nottingham Forest
  • Ashford Forest
  • Westchester
  • Park on Memorial Apartments
  • Turkey Creek Townhomes
  • Meadows on Memorial
  • Thornwood
  • Promenade Memorial
  • Village on Memorial Townhomes
  • Memorial Thicket
  • Marywood
  • Oaks of Fleetwood Townhomes
  • Fleetwood

Bordering the park to the south:

  • Briargrove Park
  • Creekstone Apartments
  • Walnut Bend
  • Lakewood Forest
  • Lakeside Place Apartments
  • Epernay
  • Woods of Lakeside
  • Heathwood
  • Ashford Forest
  • Ashford Lakes Apartments
  • Wildwood Cluster Homes
  • Shepherd Trace
  • Provident Oaks
  • Lake at Stonehenge
  • Briarforest
  • Parkway Village
  • Oaks of Parkway
  • Briar Hills

References

Terry Hershey Park - Harris County Precinct 3 Parks

External links

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