Terry Hershey Park

Terry Hershey Park
Type	Public park (country park), bicycle trail
Location	Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29.767078°N 95.618906°W / 29.767078; -95.618906
Opened	1989 (1989)
Operated by	Harris County (Precinct Three, Commissioner Steve Radack)
Website	Terry Hershey Park at the Harris County Precinct Three website terryhersheypark.org

Terry Hershey Park is a city 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. The park hosts a network of walking and biking 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 and local city bikers.

Bike trails

A bike trail along the bayou.

The park maintains a network of both paved asphalt paths and dirt biking 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, are designed for bikes only (therefore ranging in width) 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

Ashford Forest Briargrove Park Briarhills Memorial Drive Acres Meadows on Memorial Townhomes Nottingham Forest Village on Memorial Townhomes Walnut Bend

Westchester Wilchester & Wilchester West Yorkshire Thornwood Memorial Mews Memorial Bend Memorial Thicket

External links

• Terry Hershey Park website
• Harris County website
• Briarhills website