(Last) Hike Of The Decade-Highlights of the San Bernard NWR

Because of limited parking at some trail heads, particularly at the first place, please carpool if you can. You can join the community carpool at Hermann Park or suggest your you own meeting place in the comments.

I'll be heading up a community carpool from Hermann Park. Everyone gets a ride or a rider. Leaving at 8:45.

Judson Robinson, Jr. Community Center.
2020 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX 77004
https://goo.gl/DB1pGZ

Gathering Point:
The MidCoast National Wildlife Refuge Complex Visitor Center
2547 County Rd 316, Brazoria, TX 77422
https://goo.gl/maps/LiiNWjrBT3utWGrEA

The Hike:
We will make several short hikes to visit some highlights of the Refuge. The trails are mostly wetlands native soils and levee banks with occasional boardwalks. Please keep in mind wetlands trails are boggy. They are also prime mosquito and snake country any time of year.

Little Slough Hike ~1.0 Miles
https://goo.gl/maps/LiiNWjrBT3utWGrEA
A wooded area near the visitors center.

San Bernard Oak Hike ~2.4 Miles
https://goo.gl/maps/RgWQ86AzPHKDL7cd6
Visit the Texas Champion Live Oak and an interpretive trail.
Brochure about the interpretive trail:
https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/oak%20trail%20fact%20sheet%20final.pdf

Bobcat Woods Hike ~1.7 Miles
https://goo.gl/maps/pX4Qq9fvWm9CGHPX7
Through the Bobcat Woods and nearby levee surrounded by wetlands. Wildlife platform and prime gator viewing.

Scissor Tail Hike ~0.8 Miles
https://goo.gl/maps/pG7EfjxBUSfoK49B7
A loop through an elevated wooded area amid the wetlands.

Cedar Lake Creek Hike ~0.5 Miles
https://goo.gl/maps/TACeAoHJR8kC72Uc6
A short out and back in the wetlands along the creek.

After Hike Event:
Black's Fairy Meadery
325 E Brazos Ave, West Columbia, TX 77486
(979) 345-6323
https://blacksfairymeadery.com/

https://goo.gl/maps/GhDKDsF2rt77qc666

Food truck on site until 3PM.
BBQ across the street.
You are welcome to bring your own too.

About the San Bernard NWR
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/san_bernard/

Established to provide wintering habitat for migratory waterfowl. More than 320 species of birds call the refuge home for all or part of the year, making it a bird-watcher’s paradise. It is because of its significance to waterfowl and migrating birds that San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge and its companion refuges, Brazoria and Big Boggy, were designated an Internationally Significant Shorebird Site.

Wildlife watching, photography, hunting, fishing, and environmental education programs are all available to the public.