What we’re about
City Walks Houston is a walking group that offers members an up close view of the city with 6-7 mile hikes exploring the parks, neighborhoods, and bayous around us. In addition to hikes, City Walks Houston arranges occasional tours of the parts of our community that you never see from behind the steering wheel. City Walks Houston is for active people who want to see more of this place and meet others so inclined.
Upcoming events
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City Walk Houston Medical Center - Recreational Spaces, ~7 miles
Mcgovern Centennial garden, 1500 Hermann Dr 77004, Houston, TX, USThe Houston Texas Medical Center (TMC) is the largest medical complex in the world, but on today's walk, we will try to discover small nested parks within it.
We will start our walk by going down Main street toward Texas A&M University Park. Then we'll stop by MD Anderson Prairie and Grant Fay Park. Next we'll stroll around the UT Health Jogging Trail, before finally reaching Texas Medical Center Helix Park. This is a new Houston 37-acre public park, that integrates a diversity of programmed events and passive recreation and contemplation. This diverse park integrates a biodiverse experience with over 650 trees and is cooled by heat-reflecting pathways. Helix Park sits on a floodplain along Brays Bayou and is designed to manage a 200 year storm event (The Med Center has not forgotten the floods of years past) by elevating the site by 5 feet above the floodplain with a sitewide sponge that manages flash flooding across the district. The park celebrates water from waterfall benches and a series of streams that shape this public park. We will walk the DNA Helix shaped path and afterward follow Bray Bayou back to our starting point.
Wear comfortable shoes and bring plenty of water. The heat in Texas is always a concern so let someone know if you are having a hard time. For more information about hiking check out this very useful hiking website: https://www.hatsandmore.org/
Our organizers are not guides nor do we have any special training. We are here to come up with hiking ideas and get the hike started. Take the same precautions you would if hiking alone, including the fitness needed to make long hikes. Then enjoy the hike among friends.
COVID PRECAUTIONS:
Bring and wear a mask when not hiking and follow the best practices to prevent the transmission of COVID
Gathering Place:
McGovern Centennial Gardens
1500 Hermann Drive
Call or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Hike:
The walk is mostly on concrete sidewalk with multiple street crossings. Trail is partially shaded and mostly sunny.
Weather Forecast:
Forecast in the Med Center area
Hike map is in the photos.
Optional After Hike Event:
Bodega's Tacos
1200 Binz St #160, Houston, TX 77004
Caroline @Binz
Directions to Bodega's87 attendees
City Walk Groundhog Day, 7.0 miles
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, USThis time it isn't actually Groundhog Day!! Or isn't it? As Bill Murray discovered there are a lot of things we could do: we could walk around the golf course six times, or around the Reflecting Pool ten times, or 30 times around the McGovern Gardens, 16 laps around Miller Theater, or some combination of the above. This will be a great chance to get out of the mid-winter rut and enjoy the weather depending on what the groundhog predicts for us.
How well does the groundhog predict Texas weather? Texas Weather
After the walk we will have a cool down at Bodega's which is relatively nearby. Come on out and enjoy the weather with new friends and old.
Wear light colored, loose fitting clothing, comfortable shoes and bring plenty of water. The heat in Texas is always a concern so let someone know if you are having a hard time. For more information about hiking check out this very useful hiking website: https://www.hatsandmore.org/
Our organizers are not guides nor do we have any special training. We are here to come up with hiking ideas and get the hike started. Take the same precautions you would if hiking alone, including the fitness needed to make long hikes. Then enjoy the hike among friends.
COVID PRECAUTIONS:
Bring and wear a mask when not hiking and follow the best practices to prevent the transmission of COVID.
Parking:
Free Parking in the surrounding neighborhood or paid parking in the art museum garages.
Gathering Place:
Contemporary Art Museum
5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006
Directions to the Contemporary Art Musem
Call or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Hike:
The walk is mostly paved and is a mix of sun and shade.
Weather Forecast:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.7161&lon=-95.3902
Hike map is in the photos.
Optional After Hike Event:
TBA44 attendees
City Walk Memorial Park and Houston Arboretum, 7.0 miles
Becks Prime, 1001 E Memorial Loop, Houston, TX, USOur walk today takes us through Memorial Park, built on the site of Camp Logan, a training camp for the US Army during WWI, with a turn through the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. A busy park, we can expect to see dozens of dogs and potentially hundreds of joggers. With the Memorial Drive land bridge/tunnel project now completed we can easily cross Memorial Drive and see the native prairie plants and how well they are coming along. We finish with a walk through the Eastern Glades part of the park.
Parking: Several of the lots are not free but there is much free parking along the loop. Memorial Park parking Come early and give yourself time to park.
Wear comfortable shoes and bring plenty of water. The heat in Texas is always a concern so let someone know if you are having a hard time. Light-colored and loose fitting clothing are recommended. For more information about hiking check out this very useful hiking website: https://www.hatsandmore.org/
Our organizers are not guides nor do we have any special training. We are here to come up with hiking ideas and get the hike started. Take the same precautions you would if hiking alone, including the fitness needed to make long hikes. Then enjoy the hike among friends.
COVID PRECAUTIONS:
Bring and wear a mask when not hiking and follow the best practices to prevent the transmission of COVID.
Gathering Place:
We are gathering by Beck's Prime. Park anywhere and walk on over.
1001 E Memorial Loop Dr, Houston, TX 77007
Call or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Hike:
The walk is mostly crushed granite and dirt trails, with sun and shade.
Weather Forecast:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.6905&lon=-95.3083
Hike map is in the photos.
After Hike:
Becks Prime, at the golf course
1001 E Memorial Loop Dr, Houston, TX 7700738 attendees
City Walk Art Deco University of Houston, 6.0 miles
5225 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX, USToday's walk follows Bray's Bayou from MacGregor Park and takes us for a stroll around the campus of University of Houston with its great collection of art deco buildings. Bragging rights to all the walkers that can claim academic credit to this home of the Moore's School of Music, the Bauer College of Business, the UH Law Center, KUHT Public Television, and the myriad labs from superconductivity to the latest in genetics research throughout this 100% paved walk.
Wear comfortable shoes and bring plenty of water. The heat in Texas is always a concern so let someone know if you are having a hard time. For more information about hiking check out this very useful hiking website: https://www.hatsandmore.org/
Our organizers are not guides nor do we have any special training. We are here to come up with hiking ideas and get the hike started. Take the same precautions you would if hiking alone, including the fitness needed to make long hikes. Then enjoy the hike among friends.
COVID PRECAUTIONS:
Bring and wear a mask when not hiking and follow the best practices to prevent the transmission of COVID.
Gathering Place:
MacGregor Park
5225 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77021
Directions to MacGregor Park
Call or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Hike:
The walk is 100% paved, with sun and shade.
Weather Forecast:
UH Weather forecast
Hike map is in the photos.
After hike:
# Moon Tower Inn
Moon Tower Inn
3005 Canal St.
Directions to Moon Tower Inn25 attendees
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