Baytown Trails

About the Trail

The Crockett Trail Connection is a 2.65-mile trail connection that runs along the south side of W. Baker Road & Blue Heron Parkway from Emmett Hutto Parkway to the Cary Bayou Trails at Jenkins Park. The trail follows a commercial corridor and provides safe pedestrian and bike access to several residential subdivisions that flank the corridor.

Parking Access

For parking access, view the Crockett Connection Trail Access Google Map

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About the Trail

The Goose Creek Trail, constructed by Baytown Parks and Recreation, is a scenic recreational trail that travels along Goose Creek and Tabbs Bay. It connects residential neighborhoods, municipal facilities, and multiple parks and passes through coastal marshes, prairies, and forests.  The Eddie Gray Wetlands Education Center, Sterling Municipal Library, and Baytown Community Center are accessible to the Goose Creek Trail via connecting sidewalks. Walking or cycling along the trail, you can find playgrounds, picnic areas, fishing piers, boat ramps, and outdoor sports facilities.

Parking Access

For parking access, view the Goose Creek Trail Access Google Map

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About the Trail

The Cary Bayou Trails contains 3 miles of unpaved trails in the central-eastern part of Baytown. It runs through a heavily forested area along the Cary Bayou and connects W.L. Jenkins Park to J.C. Hollaway Park. The trail crosses Cary Bayou to the east of W.L. Jenkins Park on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road and continues southeast towards J.C. Hollaway Park on Racoon Drive. Approximately 1 mile of trails are located in the forested area between the two parks. The trails provide recreational opportunities in a natural setting and connect residential subdivisions in the east to sports facilities and recreational amenities such as the Baytown Bark Park and Jenkins Park Fitness Station. The trailhead at J.C. Hollaway Park has a playground, picnic pavilion, and parking lot.

Parking Access

For parking access, view the Cary Bayou Trail Access Google Map

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About the Trail

The San Jacinto Trail is a 4.9-mile trail that runs along the San Jacinto, Bush, and Hunt Roads in north central Baytown. The San Jacinto Trail provides bicycle and pedestrian connectivity between Interstate 10, West Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, and West Baker Road. The trail also extends in the east-west direction along Hunt Road connecting N. Main Street to John Martin Road. Destinations on the San Jacinto Trail include Eddie Huron Park, residential neighborhoods, and commercial centers.

Parking Access

For parking access, view the San Jacinto Trail Access Google Map

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About the Trails

Baytown Nature Center, located at 6213 Bayway Drive, is a 500-acre peninsula surrounded by Burnet, Crystal and Scott Bays. It consists of hardwood uplands, high quality tidal marsh, and freshwater wetlands. This unique site is listed on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, providing habitat for 317 species of resident and neo-tropical migrant birds.

Open daily all year round except Christmas and Thanksgiving and during extreme inclement weather. Gates open 30 minutes before sunrise and close 30 minutes after sunset. Daily Admission is $4 for Adults (13+) and $1 for Children 5-12 & Seniors (65+).

Plan your visit at https://www.baytown.org/908

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