Cullinan Park

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Living in a large metropolitan area like Houston, most of your weekly entertainment involves something in the city; a restaurant, a festival, a concert, sports, etc. If you want to see anything natural, you need to get in your car and drive. And one of the natural attractions not too far from the urban center is Cullinan Park, near Sugar Land. I discovered Cullinan Park one day when I was looking for places to take a hike and found that a local organization was having a hike there. I’m not far from Sugar Land and I never knew this little gem existed. Driving to it, you will find that the entrance is easy to miss, since it is right off highway 6 and isn’t the type of place you would expect to find a park like this. Just over one square mile in size, Cullinan Park has a small parking lot that can usually accommodate, but it’s not that big so if you arrive during a popular time of the day, you may have to look elsewhere for a space or keep driving around until someone leaves. They have restaurants and water available and the pathways for walking/hiking are right there, just steps from your car. The paths are mostly dirt, but there are some wooden walkways built out over the water and even a small tower you can climb up, for better views. What will you see in Cullinan Park? Well, this is a warm, subtropical part of the country and that means reptiles are in abundance. Many people come here for that reason- they want to see alligators in their natural habitat. The last time I was here, a snake crossed my path. It was too quick for me to capture in a photo but it did get my attention! There are a large number of birds, too. White Lake is a small lake within the park and it’s popular for fishing. If you decide to bring your dog along, be sure you keep it on a leash, since you don’t want to take a chance on an alligator grabbing your pup for a quick snack. If you need to rest while you walk, there are occasional benches. Parks offer a nice respite from the sounds of the big city. Cullinan Park is within a short drive of much of the Houston metropolitan area and it’s a good place for a reasonably quiet stroll while you enjoy the wildlife. I recommend it for anyone in the Houston area who needs a nature fix and doesn’t want to drive too far to get one.

Varsha Vilankar

Nice clean park. Very quite and pleasant. Lots of trees provide great shade. Benches strewn around the park. Covered pavilion, grills, fishing spot on the lake and a great walking trail.

Alberto Hinojos

Nice place, couldn’t walk all over the place because it’s huge, overall, perfect place for a run, hike or wildlife spotting, I only saw a baby croc :) lots of turtles and beautiful birds!! Wish I had more time, the only bad thing will be that the place has lots of trash everywhere, visitors should be more respectful with the nature and keep the trash where it belongs.

Robin Morgan

Nice board walk over the lake and partially paved side walk around the RT of the lake. Lots of unpaved wide marked clear trails around the back side of the lake coming out on the left of the lake taking you back to the parking lot. Nice old cemetery on back part of old cemetery trail. Seems to be a favorite place for amateur/professional photographers for bird watching.