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6501 Memorial Drive Houston, TX 77007

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Best Place to See Wildlife in the City
Award Winner 2011

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2011 | Best Place to See Wildlife in the City

The north side of Memorial Park may be where all the eye candy is, but the south side is the less-beaten path, featuring a winding network of multi-use and all-terrain dirt trails for hiking and biking. It's also perfect for wildlife spotting. During the day it's a haven to butterflies, squirrels and birds, like woodpeckers and jays. Toward dusk you can see anything from baby armadillos to turtles lounging in the bayou to bats from the nearby Waugh Bridge colony drinking from the water.... More »
2009 | Best City Park

What Houstonian isn't proud of this beautiful, expansive, multifaceted park Located on a former military camp where soldiers trained for battle in World War I, the park is dedicated to those soldiers' honor. Today, the park has something for just about everyone -- an 18-hole golf course, 2.93-mile jogging trail, mountain bike paths, tennis, soccer, baseball, croquet, volleyball and a playground for kids. There's even a fitness center, with daily or monthly memberships that won't hurt... More »
2008 | Best Place to Look Like You're Exercising When You're Really Cruising

Historic Camp Logan, the WWI military camp, makes up much of the area that is now Memorial Park. These days, so many couples meet and date on its jogging trails, some call it Camp Romance. Memorial Park is one of the largest parks in the country and in addition to the jogging trails, there's a pool, a golf course, tennis courts, and...oh, what the hell...all you care about is cruising. And yes, there's plenty of cruising going on. Wearing skimpy shorts and tiny tops, joggers get a real look... More »
2006 | Best Bike Path

If you're looking for a good way to break some bones, Memorial Park's bike paths can do the trick. Known as the "Ho Chi Minh" mountain bike trail amongst regulars, you can find yourself smack in the middle of a Mountain Dew commercial before you even realize what hit you. Once you get over the fact that there's a gigantic, beautiful preserve of this magnitude within the bounds of metropolitan Houston, get ready for some of the highest jumps and sperm-killing drops you can imagine. The VC... More »
2001 | Best Public Tennis Courts

Not all tennis stars are raised on pristine country club courts under the watchful eye of a sweater-wearing coach named Rex. Some make it through the local communist athletic program. Venus and Serena Williams had neither luxury. Instead, they sweated it out on the public courts of Compton, in California, with a lot of talent and a father's dream. And you might very well find a tennis phenom on one of the 18 courts at Memorial Park. What rising star wouldn't want to hone his or her game on... More »

You Can Do It, Autumn! 5 Green Spaces to Relax in Houston When the Weather Drops

By Ebony Porter | Thu, September 29, 2011

We're big fans of Japanese gardens. Their minimalism shows us what's possible with the less showy plants that typically grow well in Houston, like aspidistra or cast iron plants, iris, monkey grass an... More »
Bayou City Art Festival — Memorial Park

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, March 24, 2011

Memorial Park will be transformed into an outdoor gallery and stage for the Bayou City Art Festival. More than 300 artists, including featured artist Dolan Geiman, will be displaying their work in more than a dozen mediums. (More than 1,500 artist... More »

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melllllla | Houston, TX | 3 Reviews

Event Review: Night Time Trail Run #4

| Mon, October 17, 2011

Jared is amazing! This should be a fantastic time!
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johnnybravoradio1 | Houston, TX | 20 Reviews

| Tue, November 24, 2009

Make sure you bring your running shoes and some water because the great walk is 3 miles around.
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houstonpressbestof | Houston, TX | 132 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Historic Camp Logan, the WWI military camp, makes up much of the area that is now Memorial Park. These days, so many couples meet and date on its jogging trails, some call it Camp Romance. Memorial Park is one of the largest parks in the country and in addition to the jogging trails, there's a pool, a golf course, tennis courts, and...oh, what the hell...all you care about is cruising. And yes, there's plenty of cruising going on. Wearing skimpy shorts and tiny tops, joggers get a real look at what they're getting. Everyone is already sweating and breathing hard, jogging up and down, up and down, in rhythmic sync, up and down, so it's just half a step from really athletic sex. Love and seduction in running shoes � what could be better?
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