About us
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 Home is Where You Hang Your Hat, 7.0 miles
5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX, USUS presidents, secretary of states, governors and lieutenant governors, college and university presidents all have to live somewhere and we go by a bunch of their current and former places on this walk. Details pending.
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: HATS and More site
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:
In front of the
Contemporary Arts Museum
5216 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77006
Contemporary Arts MuseumParking: Lots of parking options with the many art museum garages (paid) and various free parking spots around the immediate neighborhood. Come a bit early to find parking.
Call or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Walk:
The trail is almost entirely paved so we have to be mindful of other traffic. In places the sidewalks may be in poor repair so it is important to pay attention to your surroundings when we need to walk in the street.Weather Forecast:
Hermann area WeatherHike map is in the photos.
Optional After Hike:
Bodegas Taco Shop with lots of outdoor seating
1200 Binz on Caroline St.
Bodega's on the Boulevard47 attendees
City Walk The Sole of Houston #3, 6.1 miles + Light Rail
St. Arnold's Brewery, 2000 Lyons, Houston, TX, USThis walk includes a train ride so bring a $1.25 for train fare. (From our starting point we will take the train to the end of the line and then walk back.)
Today is our third in the series The Sole of Houston, an appreciation of John Nova Lomax. Lomax was a Texas writer who, between 2006 and 2010, wrote a series of 12 articles for the Houston Press about his epic journeys: beginning with a ride on the Metro System out to the end of the line, he would walk back into town where he was always willing to give a moment to the dive bars, abandoned furniture, lost shopping carts and the people invariably found nearby. His writings, gathered together into the book, The Sole of Houston, by his father John Lomax III, reveal his willingness to recognize and regard the wet crusty edges of the fabric of the city with its Wows and Weirds!?! and the occasional Maybe We Should Just Keep Moving.
John Lomax, Musicologist, 1867 - 1948
Alan Lomax, Ethnomusicologist, 1915 - 2002
John Lomax, Jr., Folklorist, 1907 - 1974
John Lomax III, Journalist and Musician, 1944 -Starting at St Arnold's Brewing, we will catch the train into downtown, change trains, and head to the end of the line, where we will disembark and make our way back to downtown by way of Eastwood park, various rail trails, lots of new construction, and what ever else catches our eyes.
This walk includes a train ride so bring a $1.25 for train fare.
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:
2000 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX 77020
Directions to St ArnoldsCall or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Walk:
Train ride out, walk back. The trail is 95% paved and is a mix of sun and shade.Weather Forecast:
The weather downtownHike map is in the photos.
After Hike Event:
St Arnold's Brewing
2000 Lyons Avenue29 attendees
City Walk Nature Inside the Loop, 7.0 miles
Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park, Houston, TX, USWe often walk in Memorial Park and the Houston Arboretum but this time with an eye toward the natural (and engineered) features of these parks that make them a welcome break from concrete and air conditioning. From the spontaneously created mountain bike trails in Memorial Park to the artfully laid erosion baffles in the creeks running through the Arboretum we will see that Houston is not all as flat as your coffee table. From the top of the Memorial Drive land bridge/tunnel project where we see the park from the level of the treetops, down to a scant few feet above sea level at the edge of the Buffalo Bayou we will have a nice Sunday afternoon walk on the wild side. We finish the 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=-95.3083Hike map is in the photos.
After Hike:
Becks Prime, at the golf course
1001 E Memorial Loop Dr, Houston, TX 7700746 attendees
City Walk Refresquerias, 6.0 miles
Mason Park, 541 S 75th St, Houston, TX, USThe fall has just begun but it still feels like summer so a cool bit of refreshment is probably a good idea, Today we will check out a few of the many refresquerias in Houston's East End. Starting at Mason Park, this walk will take us past numerous shops to get ice cream, ices, chilled fruit, sodas, snocones, and smoothies. Ice it down and it always works? What could go wrong? That said, it is still a good idea to bring plenty of water.
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 COVIDGathering Place:
Mason Park
541 S 75th St, Houston, TX 77023
directions to Mason ParkCall or text Alan at 713 863 8038 if you need help.
The Hike:
The walk is mostly paved but is very rough in several places. Trail is very sunny.Weather Forecast:
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.7821&lon=-95.3967Hike map is in the photos.
Optional After Hike Event:
## Bohemeo's
708 Telephone Rd, Houston, TX 77023
- Location: Direction to Bohemeo's
22 attendees
Past events
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