Peach Creek
Sunday Landscape this week visits Peach Creek running through Lake Houston Wilderness Park, about an hour north of downtown. "Wilderness" is something of an exaggeration but at least the land hasn't been built on. How long that will last is another matter as Greater Houston's third ring road is currently being constructed along one edge of the park. That will inevitably attract yet more urban expansion.
Interstate 610 is the first, inner loop about 5 miles out of downtown. Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) is the second, middle loop at around 13 miles out. Highway 99, again a toll road, will be the third, currently outer loop at around 20 miles out. For UK readers, think London's M25.
Peach Creek
Sunday Landscape this week visits Peach Creek running through Lake Houston Wilderness Park, about an hour north of downtown. "Wilderness" is something of an exaggeration but at least the land hasn't been built on. How long that will last is another matter as Greater Houston's third ring road is currently being constructed along one edge of the park. That will inevitably attract yet more urban expansion.
Interstate 610 is the first, inner loop about 5 miles out of downtown. Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) is the second, middle loop at around 13 miles out. Highway 99, again a toll road, will be the third, currently outer loop at around 20 miles out. For UK readers, think London's M25.