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Hermann Park

6001 Fannin St.
Houston, TX 77030

713-526-0077 | Website

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Nestled within the Texas Medical Center and near the Museum District, Hermann Park exists as the city's center for recreation. Within its confines, you will find an 8-acre lake with ducks and pedal boats, a Japanese garden, a train, a walking trail, the Houston Zoo, a golf course, nature trails, Miller Outdoor Theater and a playground. Spot such birds as pine warblers, chickadees and red-bellied woodpeckers.

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  • 2010 | Best Cheap Thrill

    With new rolling stock recently expanded to add more leg and ass room, the now-50-year-old Hermann Park train and its $3 ticket still offer some of the cheapest and gentlest thrills in town. The choo-choo travels just fast enough to bring some... More >

  • 2009 | Best Place to People-Watch

    Though thankfully Jim Crow ended generations ago, Houston is still often a segregated city, by social class if not by race. One of the few places you can see the 21st-century international mega-city in all its cosmopolitan glory is Hermann Park.... More >

  • 2009 | Best Pedal Boats

    There might be other places in the greater Houston area to chill on a pedal boat, but they're probably in wading pools in some sketchy dude's backyard. Regardless, they wouldn't be as pretty as the lush, green Hermann Park surroundings anyway.... More >

  • 2008 | Best City Park

    Where can you meet Inda the Orangutan, see Shakespeare under the stars or learn how to play the bongos? Where can you play on one of the first desegregated public golf courses in the U.S., meet a butterfly up close or ride a pedal boat? All while... More >

  • 2005 | Best Park

    Row upon row of golden and brown cocoons shiver at the Cockrell Butterfly Center. Soon an iridescent wing will slip from the husk, and another creature will join the spectacle under way in the towering glassed-in exhibit filled with colorful... More >

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  • kenwilliamsonii

    kenwilliamsonii

    | Sat, August 21, 2010

    Go have a picnic or go to the zoo.

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  • msliz

    msliz

    | Wed, June 30, 2010

    Nice park- to go and just RELAX-- Cheap too- (FREE) LOL.... take a Picnic & just enjoy the day- ride the train, take a walk, enjoy ~

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  • Julie657

    Julie657

    | Mon, June 28, 2010

    Revamped. Check out the Japanese garden.

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  • crimsondoll

    crimsondoll

    | Wed, May 05, 2010

    A huge park where you can walk around, have a picnic, or just relax and do people watching.

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  • jmcclain1023

    jmcclain1023

    | Fri, April 17, 2009

    I love this park because of the location. It's located by the Museum District. I like to walk and jog on the four miles of trails it offers. I also like the picnic areas and the Miller Outdoor Theatre. The Houston Zoo and golf course in the park are also great.

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