December Hike in Lake Houston Wilderness Park

Saturday, December 14, 2024, 9 am, the Houston Sierra Club will hike trails at the nearly 5,000-acre Lake Houston Wilderness Park (LHWP).

LHWP is in Montgomery Co., 25840 FM 1485, New Caney, Texas. We’ll meet at the parking lot just N. of the Joe Turner Nature Center at 9 am. We’ll hike about 4-6 m. Trails are easy, distance is moderate. We’ll eat lunch on the trail. There is a $3 day-use fee for ages between 13-65, seniors and military personnel with ID get in free.

The link below has the Sierra Club participant sign-in agreement (liability waiver). Please read this before the outing so you know what it says. We will sign-in quickly at LHWP and proceed with the outing. Sign-Up Sheet 2-2020.pdf (sierraclub.org)

If you have COVID symptoms or are sick, don’t come! We want everyone safe, so don't come if you feel under-the-weather! By going on this outing, we’ll potentially be hiking with individuals who are vaccinated/unvaccinated. It’s each person’s choice to participate on this outing.

Bring a daypack, 3 qt. water, snacks, lunch, binoculars (for birding), camera, field guides, insect repellent, hat, and weather appropriate clothes. Long pants are recommended.

The weather will be cooler, but still warm, and we may encounter mosquitoes. No pets/firearms/radios. We’ll put our cell phones on silent and enjoy the solitude/quiet/natural sounds of LHWP.

Contact your Sierra Club leader, Brandt Mannchen, for any questions, at 281-570-7212 or [email protected], or on Meet-up where you sign-up for the outing.

We’ll meet to carpool/caravan at 7:30 am in the parking lot just W. of Starbucks in Meyerland Plaza. Starbucks is at 4700 Beechnut (S. side of the St. near the W. Loop S.). Look for a steel-colored Honda Accord Hybrid. You can meet us at 9 am at LHWP. Directions are:

1. Drive N. on I-69 to FM 1485 exit.
2. Follow FM 1485 E., S. on Loop 494, and E. again to LHWP entrance.
3. At the entrance, go on Wilderness Dr. to Highland Loop Rd., turn rt.
4. Drive S. on Highland Loop Rd. and turn rt. onto Red Oak Rd.
5. Drive to the parking lot at the intersection with Peach Cr. Ln. We’ll meet there.
6. Joe Turner Nature Center is S. of this parking lot.