South Houston, Texas Travel Information

Art and Nature in the Museum District Houston's Museum District will remind you of Paris, with its wide, tree-lined boulevards, plazas punctuated by fountains and sculptures, and its population of museums and art venues of all shapes and ... Houston, TX

Backwater Bliss: The Laid-Back Side of Kemah and Seabrook Ssssh, don't tell anyone, but there’s more to Kemah than that famous Boardwalk. In this itinerary we’ll show you some surprisingly quiet spots to get away from it all: sheltering in a secluded garden,... Seabrook, TX

Campus Capers and Village Life in the University Just west of the museum district and south of Montrose, the area around Rice University and the quaint Village shopping area is one of Houston’s loveliest neighborhoods. Beautiful homes—on a more huma... Houston, TX

Downtown Warehouse District: Bohemian Rhapsody While downtown Houston proper explodes with classy, upscale development, the Warehouse District on its northeast side throbs with activity of a more unconventional sort. Here you’ll discover Houston’s... Houston, TX

Downtown: La Dolce Vita Houston's Downtown District has undergone an astonishing renaissance in the last few years, and now a rising tide of diners and dancers throngs downtown’s sidewalks most every night of the week. The g... Houston, TX

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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge: Auto Tour and Pipit Trail (Distance: 2.3 mi) The Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1972 to preserve habitat for the declining population of Attwater prairie chickens. Despite numbering approximately 1 million a...

Park Place, TX - Hiking - length:6.48 mi

John T. Mason Park (Distance: 5.9 mi) Mason Park offers hikers short, tree-filled trails on the east side of Houston. Brays Bayou flows into the park’s 104 acres and then out of the park. The park’s 3.5 acres of retention ponds have helpe...

Houston, TX - Hiking - length:1.1 mi

Brays Bayou Upper Bank Hike and Bike Trail (Distance: 7.6 mi) The Brays Bayou Hike and Bike Trail was initially developed in the early 1970s when the bayou channel was paved. Although this hike is just over 9. 7 miles, you can continue to Stella Link, making the...

Riverside Terrace, TX - Hiking - length:9.76 mi

MacGregor Park (Distance: 7.6 mi) This tree-sheltered hike is located near the University of Houston. Particularly interesting is a group of old cedar trees, slanting at a nearly 45-degree angle. Within the park’s 100 acres—donated by...

Houston, TX - Hiking - length:1.8 mi

Brays Bayou: Calhoun Road to Scott Street (Distance: 7.7 mi) This loop follows Brays Bayou west, on the south side of the bayou, and then returns east, on the north side of the bayou. The green space between the trail and road contains a surprising number of tr...

Houston, TX - Hiking - length:2.4 mi

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Glenbrook Glenbrook Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 5923 yards, par 71 2.7 miles from center of South Houston, Texas

Pasadena Pasadena Municipal Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6750 yards, par 72 3.8 miles from center of South Houston, Texas

First Tee Junior The First Tee Junior Golf Facility At FM Law Park Municipal, 9 holes 2473 yards, par 34 5.2 miles from center of South Houston, Texas

Battleground The Battleground at Deer Park Municipal, 18 holes 6944 yards, par 72 6.2 miles from center of South Houston, Texas

Golfcrest Golfcrest Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 7044 yards, par 72 6.6 miles from center of South Houston, Texas

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