Houston Audubon Sanctuaries
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Globally Important Bird Area and an International site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.
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A combination of hackberry/oak motte, coastal prairie and wetlands one mile from the Gulf of Mexico on High Island.
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177 acres of fields, woods, wetlands, ponds and a large rookery located on High Island.
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Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Located in West Houston on a 17.5-acre wooded preserve along Rummel Creek.
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A picturesque 1.1-acre sanctuary located in historic Park Place on the original channel of Sims Bayou.
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A 63-acre bottomland forest in Brazoria County following the meanders of Chocolate Bayou.
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A 617-acre sanctuary of mixed pine and hardwood bottomland habitat in Liberty County.
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A 6-acre sanctuary located on the west end of Galveston Island.
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A 165-acre sanctuary located in San Jacinto County adjacent to the Sam Houston National Forest.
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A 144-acre island located in Galveston Bay.
Upper Texas Coast Nature Areas
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34,000 acres on the Bolivar Peninsula, close to High Island.
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2,500 acres of nature preserves near NASA, in the Clear Lake area. Environmental education programs.
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10,520 acres of coastal prairie habitat 60 miles west of Houston.
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420 acres of nature preserve in Baytown. Texas Coastal Birding Trail site, Children’s Discovery Area, Butterfly Garden, hiking trails.
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Baytown environmental education facility. Exhibit hall, live animals and microscope lab.
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43,388 acres of coastal prairie, fresh and salt marshes, and saltwater lakes on the upper Texas Coast south of Houston in Brazoria county.
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Great source for information on visiting Brazoria and San Bernard NWRs. Maps. Activity listings.
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State park with 4,897 acres along the Brazos River about 28 miles southwest of Houston.
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Information about the park, guides, schedule of walks and other activities.
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Site includes information about the Katy Prairie, maps, and activities.
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2,000 acres on west end of Galveston Island.
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Houston Visitors Guide.
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Bear Creek Park (west Houston), George Bush Park (west Houston), Armand Bayou (east Houston), Jesse Jones (north Houston) and Tom Bass (south Houston) among the best for birding.
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Nature sanctuary in Memorial Park in Houston. Education programs.
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Blackhawk (south Houston), Little Thicket (Heights), West 11th St. Park (just west of the 610 Loop), Memorial Park & Houston Arboretum, Moody Park (north Houston), Keith Weiss (north Houston), and Sunnyside (south Houston) among the best for birding.
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Bird collection is one of the largest in the country. Attwater's Prairie Chicken breeding program.
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1,733 acres north of Houston. Red-cockaded Woodpecker management area. Nature trail.
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Harris County park north of Houston, with 250 acres of piney woods and gardens. Education programs.
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Nature Discovery Center and 4-acre nature sanctuary in Bellaire. Excellent spot for viewing winter hummingbirds.
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27,000 acres of marshes and ponds on the upper Texas Coast south of Houston in Brazoria County.
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1,200-acre site just east of Houston, in LaPorte. Marsh restoration project to re-establish native prairie and marsh habitats. Boardwalk.
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Fish hatchery and aquarium center in Lake Jackson.
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Fish hatchery, aquarium and nature center, north of Houston.
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17,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest along the lower Trinity River north of Houston and east of Beaumont.
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Excellent source of information for the Trinity River Refuge and Swallow-tailed Kite locations.
