Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Miles and Directions
0.0
Start the wide crushed-granite trail just across the sidewalk from the parking lot at the
north entrance and turn right (southwest).
0.1
Pass a sidewalk on the right that leads to Fannin Street and a Metro Train platform.
Continue straight on the trail.
0.2
Reach a Y junction; take the left branch and cross over the tracks for the miniature train.
0.3
Bear left in a semicircle and pass a fenced area on the left, which is the Japanese garden.
0.5
Continue following the trail and cross a wooden bridge. Turn right (west) at the end of the
bridge, and then continue straight ahead. McGovern Lake is on the right. Continue a short
distance and reach another bridge. To the left is a bridge for the children's train. At the
end of the bridge, bear left. The paddleboat dock area is on the right.
0.6
Follow the trail left around a small semicircle. Continue north and pass the Pioneer Me-
morial kiosk. Then turn right and go past the entrance to the Japanese garden.
0.7
Continue following the trail. The Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflecting Pool is on the
right.
0.8
Reach a T intersection where the sidewalk joins the trail. Turn right (east) and follow the
trail along Hermann Circle Drive. Then bear right into a semicircle and follow the trail.
Cross an area of inlaid bricks with the water from the Mecom Fountain filling the reflecting
pool.
