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Trail Map October 2016 D V L B S Spotts Park O’Reilly St T Sawyer St H I E Snover St Snover Jackson Hill St Hill Jackson THEWATERWORKS H buffalo Washington HOUSTONAVE Zane and Brady Glenwood N Memorial Way SHEPHERDDR Cemetery Cemetery EORIALDR Carruth Overlook Carruth STUDEONTST Bridge EORIALDR Green Tree to Sixth Ward Nature Area BAYO U 0.40 M.D. Anderson Foundation Stairway Cleveland Park Fonde Buffalo Bayou has been a focal point in Houston’s history since the 0.42 Rec. Center (weekends only) Allen brothers founded the city in 1836. Today, the bayou is once again Hamill Foundation Houston Police Tapley Stairway Officers’ Memorial Tributary St Sabine the centerpiece of its development. Since issuing the 20-year master Rosemont Bridge Rusk St » St. Thomas High School plan, Buffalo Bayou and Beyond in 2002, Buffalo Bayou Partnership 0.18 0.80 0.56 (BBP) has been committed to creating a regional amenity that offers Shepherd Gateway Scurlock Foundation Overlook LDR ORIA Lee & Joe Jamail Hobby Center opportunities for recreation, entertainment and livability. a gi from the Radoff Family E Sabine Promenade Jackson Hill Bridge Skatepark Bridge Green space enhancements and hike and bike trails are revitalizing to Memorial Park Jane Gregory EORIALDR 0.39 Hobby the once neglected bayou into an active and vibrant waterfront. The 1.14 Garden Center 0.45 recently completed Buffalo Bayou Park offers 160 acres of beautiful Neumann Family Barbara Fish Daniel scenery and skyline views, artwork, a nature play area, the “go-to” dog Wortham Foundation Stairway Nature Play Area Waugh Grove park in the city and gathering places for visitors to enjoy outdoor Bat Colony ALLENPKWY Brookfield Bridge activities as well as artistic performances. Stretching from Shepherd « Walker St Drive to Sabine Street between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, it JOHNNYSTEELE Federal Reserve Bank City Hall Bud Light Amphitheater Crosby McKinney St » Annex is one of the country’s great urban parks. LOSTLAKE DOPARK Outfall ONTROSEBLVD Stanford St St Gillette ELEANORTINSLEYPARK Bagby St City SHEPHERDDR This map will guide you as you walk, run or cycle along the waterway TAFTST WAUHDR Sam Houston Park Hall and visit the many parks and historic sites. Enjoy exploring and ALLEN discovering all the natural beauty Buffalo Bayou has to offer. PKW Y Beth Yeshurun Cemetery To learn more about Buffalo Bayou Partnership and how you can I support our work, visit buffalobayou.org Feldman Gateway I DOWNTOWN 0.72 KIRBYDR « Kathrine and Dallas St » Lamar St John P. McGovern GREENTREENATUREAREA Cascade Green Tree Nature Area is located just south of Memorial Drive THEWATERWORKSATSABINEST at Waugh Drive. The heavily forested trail is a nature-lover’s GROVESMEADOWSANDWOODLANDS Information Sandy Reed Memorial Trail delight. On any given day, you will find birds, squirrels and even The Water Works is a major park entry point made possible (bike accessible) DUNLAVYST a rabbit or two. Buffalo Bayou Partnership and volunteers have by reclaiming a four-acre abandoned City of Houston water Hildebrand Foundation Meadow ARTWORK Restrooms WAUGHBATCOLONY been revitalizing this area by removing invasive species and system site. The Wortham Insurance Visitor Center and Terrace Kinder Footpath Morris Family Meadow restoring the nature preserve with native trees and vegetation. TAPLEYTRIBUTARY house restrooms and a bike rental facility, while an entry court Tolerance, Jaume Plensa, 2011 (no bikes, rollerblades) Every evening at sunset, more than 250,000 Mexican free-tailed a gift from Ellen S., William D., Edward and Henry Morris Drinking Fountain hosts food trucks on weekends. The Brown Foundation Lawn, a BUFFALOBAYOUPARK bats emerge from crevices in the Waugh Drive Bridge. Houston landscape architect Charles Tapley designed this Spindle, Henry Moore, 1979 0.1 miles grassy plateau framed by trees, and the adjacent Hobby Family Meredith and Cornelia Long Meadow Food These creatures are non-migratory and call the bayou home JOHNNYSTEELEDOGPARK inspirational site in the late 1970s featuring a bayou tributary, Bridge Stairs Pavilion are popular for performances and events. With the Barbara Fish Daniel year-round. Learn more about the bats through interpretive Named by a special group of donors in honor of Johnny Steele, a riparian plantings, granite steps and seating areas. BBP later Susan Vaughan Foundation Meadow Shady Grove, Tim Bailey, 2002 signage found at the site. Stop by any night and view this Nature Play Area and Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark nearby, The Water Works is Parking Green Tree Footpath highly regarded Houston landscape architect, this two-acre dog added a wetland, native Texas prairie and a footbridge. Nearby LOSTLAKEATALLENPARKWAY amazing sight from the Jerry and Nanette Finger Family Seating improvements include the Vale-Asche Foundation Spring and one of the park’s most popular destinations. Hawkins Meadow Open Channel Flow, Matthew Geller, 2009 (no bikes) paradise features ponds; washing areas; KHOU-TV Portal; Allen Boat Launch Lost Lake is on the site of a former pond that was lost in the Circle or the Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Alcove. Family Entry Court; and Lulu, Sophie and Friends’ Meadow. Pet the Charles Tapley, FAIA Overlook. BUFFALOBAYOUPARKCISTERN 1970s when its dam across a natural ravine broke. The pond Tolerance Meadow Down Periscope, Donald Lipski, 2015 0.45 Trail Segment Distances owners can watch their furry friends have fun from the Graham Overlook was restored and is situated near a visitor center housing funded by The Brown Foundation a gift from Linda and Barry Hunsaker (approx. mileage) WORTHAMFOUNDATIONGROVE Family Overlook and Friends of Johnny Overlook. ELEANORTINSLEYPARK The Cistern was one of the City of Houston’s early underground Portrait of Houston: It Wasn’t a Dream, It was a Flood, restrooms; kayak/canoe rentals; The Dunlavy, a private event Wolff Family Grove Sandy Reed Grove Jim Mozola Memorial 6 am–11 pm (except as posted) 7 am–8 pm Affectionately known as the “Dandelion,” the Gus S. Wortham Named in honor of the late City Councilmember and civic drinking-water reservoirs. Built in 1926, it provided decades of John Runnels, 2014 space; and The Kitchen at The Dunlavy, a grab-and-go food HOUSTONPOLICEOFFICERS’MEMORIAL Disc Golf Course First Tee counter offering breakfast and lunch daily. Additional points of Memorial Fountain’s brass starburst of pipes sprays joggers, activist, Eleanor Tinsley, this park is one of Houston’s most service until it was decommissioned. The 87,500-square-foot Johnson Family Meadow Hines Meadow Monumental Moments, Anthony Thompson Shumate, 2015, interest include: Lost Lake Gardens a gi from The Garden Club of Houston, H-E-B cyclists and walkers offering a cool respite from the Houston Jesus Bautista Moroles, 1991 popular outdoor spaces for recreation and relaxation. Recent expanse includes 25-foot tall concrete columns set row upon Caven Family Grove Mithoff Family Grove located at six unexpected locations in park Tennis Court B-cycle Station Dawn to Dusk Cascade, The Robert & Janice McNair Foundation Terrace, Emma’s Embankment, heat. Points of interest at this favorite meeting spot include: Pay your respects to more than 113 policemen whose lives were improvements include the signature Bud Light Amphitheater row, hovering over two inches of water on the reservoir’s floor. 7 am–8 pm Cullen Foundation Overlook; John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation lost in the line of duty. Shaped like a pyramid, the sculpture lawn, the Nau Family Pavilion and a trail providing a direct In addition to public tours highlighting the history and architecture of this unique BBVA Compass Boardwalk and the Ann Lents and David Heaney Stairway leading Fondren Foundation Meadow Houston Chronicle Meadow LUNARCYCLELIGHTING Visitor Center, Pavilion METRORail Station to a boat launch. East of Lost Lake, the 345-foot long Jackson Hill Bridge soars Overlook; Fountain Gardens a gift from River Oaks Garden symbolizes a royal tomb. The Police Memorial and surrounding connection to Sabine Promenade. Other points of interest industrial site, the Cistern also serves as a canvas for nationally and internationally For visitor center hours and bike or kayak/canoe rental 40 feet above the bayou. Park users can rest at the bridge’s Powell Foundation Club; and Locke Lord LLP and The Kayser Foundation Garden grounds, guarded 24 hours a day, are the site of an annual are: sand volleyball court, Eleanor Tinsley Garden and Jane significant environmental art, with periodic installations presented by Buffalo Bayou Ed Wulfe Grove Apache Corporation Designed by L’Observatoire and Stephen Korns, Buffalo Bayou’s signature lighting Audio Tour (info on back) METRORail Lines information, visit buffalobayou.org or call 713.752.0314. Landing or Sterling-Turner Foundation Landing. Seating Area. procession and wreath-laying ceremony. Gregory Garden. Partnership. For a tour schedule and tickets, visit buffalobayou.org. Native Woodland transitions from white to blue as the moon waxes and wanes. Swiney Prk to White Oak Park d Cline St v l Girard St B r 0.3 o b University of St McKee Zoltowski St r toIN Houston—Downtown a Baron H TURNINGBASIN n NWAYSIDEDR o t s 0.27 u CLINTONDR o JENSENDR CLINTONDR Preston St » toIW McKee Street Bridge H Franklin St Grove St Sydnor St Sydnor Bayou St Bayou Elysian St Roanoke CLINTONDR Commerce St 0.18 Franklin St » San Jacinto St St 69th Bryan St SSTACARIOARCIADR I Downtown James Bute 0.42 Waycrest Buffalo Bayou Partnership is the non-profit Aquarium Baker St 0.18 Park I Richardson St organization revitalizing and transforming buffalo Sesquicentennial « Park Houston Congress St Shiloh St Wortham Ballet Allen’s Landing Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s most significant Theater University of 0.58 McCall Grove St Bayou St Bayou Emile St Emile natural resource, from Shepherd Drive to Preston St » Houston—Downtown Foote St Bagby St Travis St » ArCH « Prairie St Market Swiney St Buffalo Bend Square Park Commerce St Dick St the Port of Houston Turning Basin.
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