Paddle Trails

2/26/2008: New web server, database, scripting, mapping software, and applications have been installed. Links to the application will be added shortly.

The Paddle Trails Committee, headed by Bob Arthur, is dedicated to providing information on canoeing and kayaking Houston and surrounding area streams and bayous.

Recent activities include publishing a web-based Paddle Trails Guide by Eric Ruckstuhl entitled Canoeing Houston's Bayous and Creeks. The guide provides descriptions of paddle trails in Harris, Montgomery, Galveston, Chambers, Liberty, Brazoria and Fort Bend counties. Interactive maps allow users to view topographic maps and aerial photos for paddle trails of interest. BPA is dedicated to growing the guide to include new routes and updating current routes as conditions change.

Paddlers following our guide are warned that the dynamic nature of the area's streams and bayous may change the accessibility of put-ins and take-outs. Additionally, local government policies toward parking and stream access may change, requiring paddlers to observe due diligence when parking around and paddling a given stream. Above all, paddlers are encouraged to be conscious of their own safety, the BPA cannot be held liable for sporting accidents or illegal infractions that may occur as a result of following the routes described in this guide.

Canoeing Houston's Bayous and Creeks,
by Eric Ruckstuhl