A 14-mile natural-surface trail through forest, wetlands, and prairie along Spring Creek.
Built largely by volunteers, the trail follows Spring Creek through meanders, wetland ponds, forest, and abundant wildlife.
The Spring Creek Nature Trail project began with a public need for a connected, natural-surface trail that catered to multiple trail user groups. To address this desire, Bayou Land Conservancy partnered with Texas Parks & Wildlife, Greater Houston Off Road Biking Association (GHORBA), The Woodlands Township, The Howard Hughes Corporation, and both Montgomery and Harris County to build the Spring Creek Nature Trail.
The Spring Creek Nature Trail is a 14-mile, natural-surface path that follows Spring Creek and was built largely by volunteers. It is open to hikers, bikers, birders, and other nature lovers. Experience the gentle meanders, wetland ponds, and abundant wildlife that Spring Creek has to offer on the Spring Creek Nature Trail!
Choose a trailhead or trail feature to see its source-map notes. The illustration is not to scale, and current access, closures, surface conditions, and amenities should be confirmed before travel.
The best-equipped trailhead shown on the source map and a practical midpoint for planning a pick-up or shorter trail day.
Bayou Land Conservancy's free Spring Creek Nature Trail Eco-Tour is narrated on TravelStorys. Press play on the welcome below, then explore each story — many are pinned to their spot on the interactive map above, and the rest are gathered here.
Spring Creek Nature Trail Eco-Tour
Habitats, history, and wildlife between the marked stops.
Ecosystems working for you
From alligators to wading birds
Native Americans & early settlers
Ecosystem engineers
Natural filtering & flood control
Native Americans & early settlers
Naturally filtering your water
Exotic plants and wild hogs
You can help!
Including ATVs?
& early settlers
Green insurance plan
Preserving lands forever
Audio courtesy of Bayou Land Conservancy and the TravelStorys Spring Creek Nature Trail Eco-Tour. A Spanish-language version is available in the TravelStorys app.
Alongside the illustrated trail map above, this is Bayou Land Conservancy's own embedded map of the Spring Creek Nature Trail. It loads from the conservancy's website only after you choose to open it.
Map embedded from bayoulandconservancy.org. If it appears small, open the full map on bayoulandconservancy.org .
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