Park Entrance

Park Headquarters - Entrance fees, permits, check in/out, gift shop.  All vehicles must stop.

Brazos Bend location map

Observation Tower overlooking Pilant and 40-Acre Lakes

40-Acre Pier with Observation Tower in the distance

Boardwalk and platform for viewing ephemeral pond life, wildflowers and hundreds of acres of tall-grass coastal

prairie were bison and prairie chickens once roamed. Parking at 40-Acre Lake.

Elm Lake from spillway trail intersection

Alligators may cross trails from time to time.  Perfectly safe to watch at distances no less than 30ft.

Main trail system encompassing 40-Acre and Elm Lakes

Wayside interpretive signage is located throughout the main trail system of 40-Acre and Elm Lakes.

View from point where Big Creek enters the Brazos River.  Accessed from the Red Buckeye Trail (bottomland

forest).

Creekfield Lake self-guided interpretive panels located along the trail.

Creekfield Lake observation decks with interpretive panels

Creekfield Lake all-accessible trail.

Located between the Nature Center and the George Observatory.