Terry Hershey Park
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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 pave
d. 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.
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.
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Bordering the park to the north:
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Bordering the park to the south:
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that runs parallel to a roughly 6 mile (9.65 kilometer) western stretch of the Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, in Harris County, Texas, USA. It begins in Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas and flows approximately east to the Houston Ship Channel and then into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico...
in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
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. The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being pave
Pavement (material)
Road surface or pavement is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the past cobblestones and granite setts were extensively used, but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete. Such...
d. The park hosts a network of walking and biking trails that run along the bayou from State Highway 6
State Highway 6 (Texas)
State Highway 6 runs from the Red River, the Texas–Oklahoma boundary, to northwest of Galveston. In the Houston area, it runs north to FM 1960, then northwest along US Highway 290 to Hempstead, and south to Westheimer Road and Addicks, and is known as Addicks Satsuma Road. In the...
to the Sam Houston Tollway
State Highway Beltway 8 (Texas)
Beltway 8 , the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County. Beltway 8, a state highway, runs mostly along the frontage roads, only using the main lanes where they are free...
. The park is a popular destination for residents living in the neighborhoods along the park and local city bikers.
Bike trails
The park promotes its signature bike trails, the "Anthills", on its website.
Neighborhoods along the park
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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
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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