Harris County (Precinct Three, Commissioner Tom S. Ramsey, P.E.)
Website
Terry Hershey Park at the Harris County Precinct Three website
Terry Hershey Park is a county park that runs parallel to a roughly 6-mile (9.7 km) stretch of the Buffalo Bayou in western Houston, Texas. The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being paved.[3][4] The park hosts a network of trails that run along the bayou from State Highway 6 to the Sam Houston Tollway and is a popular destination for local residents, runners, bicyclists 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.
As of August 2020, e-bikes and other electric/battery powered transportation are prohibited on the trails. Per State Law, Texas Transportation Code Sec. 551.106(a), e-bike prohibition is only valid on dirt trails. E-bike is still allowed on paved trails where operation of non-electric bicycles is permitted.
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:
Country Village
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
^Harris County — Precinct Three — Terry Hershey Park
^Terry Hershey Park History at terryhersheypark.org
^"Terry Hershey Park History," The Anthills Website.
^McGuire, Kim. "Terry Hershey, Houston environmentalist who saved Buffalo Bayou, dies at 94". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
