Terry Hershey Park is a county park that runs parallel to a roughly 6-mile stretch of the Buffalo Bayou in western Houston, Texas. The park is named after Terry Hershey, a conservationist who campaigned to keep the banks of Buffalo Bayou from being paved.

Stratford High School

School

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Stratford High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States. The school is one of four high schools in the Spring Branch Independent School District, the district's westernmost secondary school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakes of Parkway and Barker.

Lakes of Parkway

Neighborhood

Lakes of Parkway is a gated community in western Houston, Texas, also the most southern community in the Energy Corridor. It has 888 lots. Peggy O'Hare of the Houston Chronicle stated in 2002 that the houses were "upscale". Lakes of Parkway is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thornwood.

Barker

Hamlet

Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and is seventeen miles west of downtown Houston. Barker is situated 4½ miles west of Thornwood.

Alief

Suburb

Alief is a working-class suburb in Southwest Harris County, Texas, United States. Most of Alief is within the city limits of Houston, while a portion of the community is in unincorporated Harris County. Alief is situated 4½ miles south of Thornwood.

Thornwood

Type: Locality
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.7761° or 29° 46′ 34″ north

Longitude

-95.6106° or 95° 36′ 38″ west

Elevation

85 feet (26 metres)

Open location code

76X6Q9GQ+CQ

GeoNames ID

8479692

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