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This Texas-sized city park has lots to do
Houston's diverse population supports a broad range of parks, from huge parks with lots of open spaces to wooded parks to smaller urban parks. The 445-acre urban Hermann Park has something for just about everyone. It encompasses a challenging 18-hole public golf course, a Japanese Garden, the 55-acre Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural...
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THE LUNNON TRACT (Excerpts From Project Respect) by Virginia Hancock/2004 Mike Lunnon (sometimes called Mike Perkins) and George Lunnon, Mulattos, are presumed to be brothers who came to Houston from Tennessee possibly with Rufus Cage. In about 1870, Houston Deed Records show Rufus Cage selling, for a nominal fee, large amounts of land in the east one-half of the Luke Moore Survey to the Lunnons that was eventually inherited by family members...
Note: unless otherwise indicated, everything done here was on my cell phone, but, after creating the trip, I cannot view the map on my cell phone, but I can view the photos on my cell phone.!Goal is 2 be abe 2 do everything I need from my AT&T Tilt cell
phone running WinMobile6. For tracking, I used gpstoday because one can
configure the gps fix to save on battery usage, and there's "quick fix"
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Repeat H.A.T.s _08_2011 Buffalo Bayou& Downtown Parks Hike
Houston, Texas, United States
Hiking | 10.3 miles (10.5 miles away)
Hiking | 10.3 miles (10.5 miles away)
For the original hike post and comments see:http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Area-Trails-More/events/20862361/Raw Statistics:Length: 10.3 miles Duration: 5 hours, 25 minutes, 44 seconds (actually more like ~3.5 hours)Vertical up: 605.3 ftVertical down: 570.6 ftAverage Speed: 1.9 mph
H.A.T.s _14_2011 Brays Bayou (& Hermann Park) Hike #1
Houston, Texas, United States
Hiking | 10.4 miles (10.5 miles away)
Hiking | 10.4 miles (10.5 miles away)
For the original hike post and comments see:http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Area-Trails-More/events/16980770/StatisticsLength: 10.4 miles Duration: 4 hours, 14 minutes, 3 secondsVertical up: 189.3 ftVertical down: 257.1 ftAverage Speed: 2.5 mph
H.A.T.s _16_2011 Armand Bayou Nature Center Trails
Houston, Texas, United States
Hiking | 3.8 miles (10.5 miles away)
Hiking | 3.8 miles (10.5 miles away)
For the original hike post and comments see:http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Area-Trails-More/events/17096254/Raw StatisticsLength: 3.8 miles (add ~1 mile. every tail appears not to count repeat segments)Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes, 44 secondsVertical up: 78.8 ftVertical down: 67.7 ftAverage Speed: 2.0 mph
Memorial Park bike trails
Bellaire Junction, Texas, United States
Hiking | 1.0 miles (15.1 miles away)
Hiking | 1.0 miles (15.1 miles away)
Just out for a morning walk with burner.
H.A.T.s _22_2011 West White Oaks Bayou Trail
Oak Forest, Texas, United States
Hiking | 9.7 miles (17.5 miles away)
Hiking | 9.7 miles (17.5 miles away)
For the original hike post and comments see:http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Area-Trails-More/events/17811411/Raw Statistics:Length: 9.7 miles Duration: 3 hours, 36 minutes, 42 secondsVertical up: 490.1 ftVertical down: 456.9 ftAverage Speed: 2.7 mph
Hiking / Birding at Galveston State Park
Jamaica Beach, Texas, United States
Hiking | 15.1 miles (37 miles away)
Hiking | 15.1 miles (37 miles away)
Drove from the State Park to a spot on the beach and checked it out there. Nice place, though I bet it gets way crowded in the summer.
At The Las Cruces Game In South Houston
South Houston, Texas, United States
Hiking | 2.0 miles (2.4 miles away)
Hiking | 2.0 miles (2.4 miles away)
Some pain throughout hips
H.A.T.s _12_2011 Terry Hershey Hike #2
Houston, Texas, United States
Hiking | 10.8 miles (24 miles away)
Hiking | 10.8 miles (24 miles away)
For comments see:http://www.meetup.com/Houston-Area-Trails-More/events/16523026/StatisticsLength: 10.8 miles Duration: 4 hours, 3 minutes, 0 secondsVertical up: 648.2 ftVertical down: 689.2 ftAverage Speed: 2.7 mph
East End Park is a nice area to take a little side step from a tough day at work. If you walk the entire perimeter, it makes for a nice little 5K walk/run. Today was particularly interesting because there were an unbelievable number of hawks, osprey and even a bald eagle flying around the area. I've hiked that area many times and have never seen so many raptors being that active. Anyway, if...
