Things to do with kids around Memorial

Memorial's advantage is trees: the greenway along Buffalo Bayou runs almost unbroken from Memorial Park to Hwy 6, with the most shaded trails inside the city, so even a summer morning is doable.

The log cabin and creek at Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary are a toddler's first forest, and the paved trail at Terry Hershey Park suits scooters and strollers. Ten minutes east are the nature playscape at the Houston Arboretum, the new Eastern Glades lake boardwalk at Memorial Park, and the gardens at Bayou Bend behind their footbridge. Fifteen minutes northwest, Bear Creek Pioneers Park has free bison and peacocks. For heat and rain, the Memorial City Mall ice rink is open year-round.