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Terry Hershey Park

County park in Houston, Texas, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Terry Hershey Park
photo	Terry Hershey Panorama.jpg
photo_width	500
photo_caption	A panoramic photo of Terry Hershey Park near Eldridge Road. The Buffalo Bayou is behind the trees at left.
type	Public park (county park), bicycle trail
location	Houston, Texas
coords
area	496 acre
created
operator	Harris County (Precinct Three, Commissioner Tom S. Ramsey, P.E.)
website	Terry Hershey Park at the Harris County Precinct Three website

Terry Hershey Park is a county park that runs parallel to a roughly 6 mi stretch of the Buffalo Bayou in western Houston, Texas. The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being paved. The park hosts a network of trails that run along the bayou from State Highway 6 to the Sam Houston Tollway and is a popular destination for local residents, runners, bicyclists and Geocachers.

Bike trails

The park maintains a network of both paved asphalt paths and dirt trails along the bayou. The paved walkways are located in the cleared stretch of the park, free of trees, and are about 10 feet in width. The dirt trails, however, cut through the densely grown forest growing along the bayou, and are not easily accessible.

As of August 2020, e-bikes and other electric/battery powered transportation are prohibited on the trails. Per State Law, Texas Transportation Code Sec. 551.106(a), e-bike prohibition is only valid on dirt trails. E-bike is still allowed on paved trails where operation of non-electric bicycles is permitted.

The park promotes its signature bike trails, the "Anthills", on its website.

Neighborhoods along the park

Neighborhoods are listed from east to west.

Bordering the park to the north:

Memorial Bend
Memorial Glen
Gaywood
Memorial Trails
Wilchester
Wilchester West
Yorkshire
Woodbend in Memorial
River Forest
Memorial Drive Acres
Nottingham Forest
Ashford Forest
Westchester
Olympus at Memorial Apartments
Turkey Creek Townhomes
Meadows on Memorial
Thornwood
Promenade Memorial
Village on Memorial Townhomes
Memorial Thicket
Marywood
Oaks of Fleetwood Townhomes
Fleetwood Bordering the park to the south:
Country Village
Briargrove Park
Creekstone Apartments
Walnut Bend
Lakewood Forest
Lakeside Place Apartments
Epernay
Woods of Lakeside
Heathwood
Ashford Forest
Ashford Lakes Apartments
Wildwood Cluster Homes
Shepherd Trace
Provident Oaks
Lake at Stonehenge
Briarforest
Parkway Village
Oaks of Parkway
Briar Hills

References

Terry Hershey Park - Harris County Precinct 3 Parks

References

[https://www.pct3.com/Parks/terry-Hershey-Park Harris County — Precinct Three — Terry Hershey Park]
[http://www.terryhersheypark.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45:terry-hershey-park-history-&catid=1:static-articles&Itemid=50 Terry Hershey Park History at terryhersheypark.org]
[http://theanthills.com/info/history.htm "Terry Hershey Park History," The Anthills Website.]
"Terry Hershey, Houston environmentalist who saved Buffalo Bayou, dies at 94". Houston Chronicle.

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