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Salt Grass Trail Ride
Houston, TX · Sports
- When
- February 26–27, 2027
- Where
- Memorial Park · Houston · TX
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Twelve trail rides on horseback and covered wagon converge on Memorial Park from towns across Texas each February, some covering more than two hundred miles, before riding into downtown Houston for the rodeo parade the next morning. The Salt Grass Trail Ride, the oldest and largest of the group, has made the trek since 1952. It predates the rodeo itself as a standalone tradition and remains one of Houston's most distinctive late winter sights.
The history within reach
- Salt Grass Trail Ridesame spot
Twelve trail rides on horseback and covered wagon converge on Memorial Park from towns across Texas each February, some covering more than two hundred miles, before riding into downtown Houston for the rodeo parade the next morning.
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Bayou City Art Festival turns Memorial Park into an open-air gallery each October, with several hundred juried artists selling original paintings, sculpture, and jewelry alongside live music and food trucks.
The training camp whose Black soldiers marched on Houston in August 1917 after months of Jim Crow harassment.
The Texas Children's Houston Open brings the PGA Tour to the public Memorial Park Golf Course each spring, drawing top ranked professionals in the tune up week before the Masters.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston lights up its Bayou Bend estate each December with thousands of lights across the 14 acre grounds, a gingerbread village and a model train circling a towering tree.