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Buffalo Bayou Park is a 2.3 mile long municipal park located along the banks of the Buffalo Bayou near Downtown Houston, Texas. With a total area of 160 acres, Buffalo Bayou Park stretches from Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive.
The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being paved. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 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 .
Sims Bayou is a 23-mile (37 km) bayou that flows within Houston in a primarily west to east movement. Its origin is in Southwest Houston near Missouri City, Texas , and terminates in Manchester, Houston approximately seven miles east of Downtown Houston , where it feeds Buffalo Bayou as a major tributary .
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The City lists the park's San Felipe playground as 1717 Allen Pkwy, 77019. [5] The City lists the park's Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark as 103 Sabine Street, 77007. [6] The western border of the park is Taft Street. Its eastern border is Sabine Street. [7] The northern border is Memorial Drive.
Outside of the Greater Houston area, the average population density is around 18–45 per mi 2 (7–12 per km 2), with the population density near the Big Thicket dropping below 18 people per mi 2. East Texas's population total is very large and is centered around the Golden Triangle (Texas) of Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange in Southeast Texas.
Magnolia Grove is a small neighborhood located along Buffalo Bayou between downtown Houston and Memorial Park in Houston, Texas. The neighborhood is bounded by Memorial Drive , Shepherd Drive, Washington Avenue, and Waugh Drive.
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