If your ideal morning is a run along the water with the downtown skyline ahead of you, Buffalo Bayou Park is hard to beat. The park follows the bayou between Shepherd Drive and Sabine Street, with Allen Parkway on one side and Memorial Drive on the other, and a growing number of apartment buildings sit within a short walk of its trails.
Here's what makes the park special, and the buildings closest to it.
What you get living near Buffalo Bayou Park
- Trails. Paved trails run along both banks. Between Shepherd and Sabine, the asphalt trails are for walkers and runners only, according to Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
- The Waugh Drive bats. More than 300,000 bats emerge from the Waugh Drive Bridge at sunset. Unlike most colonies, many of these bats stay through the winter, so you can catch them on warm nights year-round. The viewing platform is at Waugh Drive and Allen Parkway.
- Lost Lake. A restored pond with plantings, gentle cascades, restrooms and FLORA restaurant at 3422 Allen Parkway.
- Johnny Steele Dog Park. Space for dogs to run, swim and play, with washing stations. It's temporarily closed after recent storms, so check Buffalo Bayou Partnership for reopening news.
- A quick trip downtown. The park's east end is at Sabine Street, on the edge of downtown.
Apartments within about a quarter mile of the park
These are the buildings on our shortlist closest to the park, measured from each address to the trail corridor (straight-line distance, so actual walking routes are a little longer).
- State Street — 1520 N Memorial Way. Opened 2016, 198 homes. About 0.1 mile.
- Modera Waugh — 716 Waugh Dr. Opened 2024, 392 homes. About 0.2 mile, near the bat bridge.
- Windsor Memorial — 3131 Memorial Ct. 330 homes. About 0.2 mile.
- Hanover Buffalo Bayou — 707 Marston St. Opened 2025, 317 homes. About 0.25 mile.
- Maxwell Memorial (formerly Alexan Memorial) — 5004 Memorial Dr. Opened 2021, 356 homes. About 0.25 mile.
- Alta River Oaks — 3636 W Dallas St. Opened 2021, 364 homes. About 0.25 mile.
A little farther: about a third to half a mile
- 1010 Waugh — opened 2025, 340 homes.
- Hanover Parkview — opened 2022, 421 homes.
- Hanover Autry Park — on Buffalo Park Drive.
- The Sterling at Regent Square — opened 2021, 590 homes.
- Virage — opened 2014, 372 homes.
- Whitmore (formerly Arlo Buffalo Heights) — opened 2014, 318 homes.
Which side of the bayou is right for you?
- South side (Allen Parkway, West Dallas, Waugh): part of our Montrose & Museum District and River Oaks areas, close to Montrose's restaurants and River Oaks shopping.
- North side (Memorial Drive, Memorial Heights): part of our Washington Avenue and Memorial areas, close to Washington Avenue's restaurants and a short drive to Memorial Park.
Get today's pricing
Rent and specials near the park change often, and the best offers rarely make it onto the apps. We confirm current pricing and specials with each property before you tour. We do in one conversation what takes most renters weeks on their own. The properties pay us. You pay nothing.
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Park details from Buffalo Bayou Partnership (buffalobayou.org), checked November 2026. Distances are approximate straight-line distances to the park's trail corridor. Year opened and number of homes come from each property's public listing information.