Cullen Running Trails Center — Attraction in Houston

Though the coffee shop next to it should be a great & inviting beacon for Houstonians & ended up being a very awkward place for "certain types" of people to go... Due to the palpable weirdness toward: A well mannered - professional Black American in Zegna & LuLu walking in & a seeming disdain for the conservative value of true niceness over fake politeness. (With the exceptions of half the staff of course. Not everyone acted like speaking well, being accomplished & confidently friendly, while be a man of color, was gossip worthy) #HALEY 👍💯😎

The track on the other hand is not only very good but, dare I say "AMAZING"! For real runners & sprinters, the park certainly made this place a must attend spot. It is now actually one of my top 5 favorite 400M tracks in the country! & Yes, I am including UCLA's & Eugene's in that assessment. PRE...

This is a great place to start and end your trail walks and runs. The Cullen center has lockers and showers and they provide towels for a small fee. Ample parking but it does get packed later in the day. Lots of trails to follow, marked with difficulty ratings - easy, moderate and difficult. Early mornings are best. Some trails take you right to the bayou and and along it. The purple trail is a loop around 3.3 miles with an easy to moderate path. Generally good mobile network so you can use your phone to navigate.

Construction work is under-way to the north of the trails that will eventually connect to the rest of Memorial Park and...

Ho Chi Minh Trail, which is one of the Top 10 Trails in the world, offers views of Buffalo Bayou and River Oaks where a donkey may be seen from the overlook where purple trail connects with blue trail (where it seems the ground seems to open up).

One of the bayou trails seems to go on forever... Look out for bikers. Even excellent bikers will find parts of this trail difficult.

It brings the best out of you by taking you to another place where you may clear your mind of the...