George Bush Park

Large park with paved and unpaved trails on the west side of Houston. Located between Katy and the loop, George Bush park is located south of the freeway and is a vast floodplain with a continuous multi use trail that is accessible to cyclists and runners/walkers. It's also connected to the Terry Hershey trail system and is next to a shooting range as well as some outdoor parks on the south side. This park is best used for cyclists and there are long stretches of pretty exposed trail that will get hot in the sun. There is more of a shaded portion of the park on the west side but the trail quality is also a bit below average in that portion. For walkers, this would be a fairly boring trail that is mostly out of the shade; Terry Hershey would be the recommended trail in that regard due to the greenery.

The parking lots here are pretty unsafe on the west side; the best one is in the middle of the park once you go north from Westheimer or the parking lot next to the police station on Barker Clodine. The highway 6 parking lot / Briar Forest lot is not recommended due to break ins.

I think of this park as more of a trail..especially the part that runs parallel to highway 6. Great for biking as it is quite long and feeds into Terry Hershey. A long walk or run is also great here. There is a paved and unpaved path. I appreciate that this park isn't usually crowded as some of the others inside the loop. It's definitely great for nice long quiet time. I usually start in one of the lots off highway 6 by Memorial or Briar Hills but there is also a lot further west behind the West Oaks Mall.

I wouldn't recommend for sports or picnics.

I absolutely love hiking and cycling at George Bush Park. I really enjoy how quiet it is and how much greenery there is! Beautiful location!

Love this park. I finally found the walking/bike trail and it's really great. Lots of nature to see. It's a pretty long trail, I turned around at 2.5 to complete 5 miles. The walking trail is on barker cypress and westheimer. Just keep going after the traffic light. I really enjoyed my walk, only downside is the shooting center is very near so you can hear all the shots, I'm sure the wild life there is affected by the loud noise. Other than that, enjoy your walk or bike ride!

First I'd like to start off by saying that this trail seems fine for cyclists. With that being said this trail is in between a shooting range and a remote controlled airfield so it is very loud. Virtually no animals or birds when you start the trail. The trail is muddy and surrounded by murky swamp waters that clearly flood and dry over when it rains. It has a very strong smell of mildew and that is for the first half mile. Once you get to the bridge it gets better but the bayou is muddy and still you hear the airplane park in the distance which I'm sure is why we saw zero birds. At the end of the long bridge we finally saw a pack of egrets sitting on the tree branches lining the water and a few turtles out sunbathing but that's about it. I wouldn't recommend this park for people walking, or people with kids because most of it is not shaded.

would highly recommend walking the trails in this park. good for biking too. the Mehta family has a bunch of quotes on benches throughout. some snake sightings. cool boardwalk feature.

It's quiet and close. If the weather is perfect, this is a pleasant place to hang out.

If you are new to the park, then I'd suggest follow the map. Its easy to get lost here. The park is all spread out and there are no appropriate signs to guide you. Check out the map here https://www.pct3.com/portals/45/docs/map/bush.pdf
I've been here twice so far, and my experience hasn't been the best. First time I went during summer and second was this last February. Both the times, I saw flooding in several areas in the park. I'd rather not want my family to be exposed to unwanted infectious organisms that may have developed in the floodwater; specially during this pandemic.
Nevertheless, its a large park and plenty of open space. Offers many soccer fields, hiking/biking trails, kid's playground etc.
On my first visit, I was just driving through the area, so dint check the map or anything. I had to make several rounds and due to lack of proper signage I couldn't find the bike trails and I was second guessing if I'm at the right kids playground. There's plenty of open fields. May be due to its vastness, I felt little secluded at times. Not really the park for my interests.

I really like this park because of it's paved trails and long distance. It's one of the few places where you can train without worrying about cars hitting you since it's composed of mostly public running/biking trails with just two small sections with light street traffic. When riding or jogging alone, the last thing you want is to get hit by a car. I really like taking my road bike here.

The route that I take is approximately 25 miles round trip. It starts off next to a gas station on Hwy 6 and ends at Fry road. The terrain is mostly flat but can be very windy. You can easily average a speed of 18-20 mph throughout the entire route if you are a beginner. The route can be scenic on a nice day, but I can imagine it to be very hot during the summer because of the lack of trees for shade.

TIPS:
-Stay hydrated and wear sun screen!
-Be courteous to other riders and joggers. Let them know you are passing and pass on the left.
-There are no restrooms unless you park at the soccer field.

Apparently we need some signs to let people know they need to clean after themselves, I am here now and it's dIrty, trash everywhere if I had the proper equipment I would clean it now. It looks worse in person than in these pictures.