Bear Creek Pioneers Park (Houston, Texas)

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Bear Creek Pioneers Park is a recreational park located in Harris County, Texas at 3535 War Memorial Drive.

Owned and operated by Harris County Precinct 3, it is usually referred to simply as "Bear Creek Park", and gets its name from a major tributary (Bear Creek) that flows through the area.

The park occupies a large portion of the Addicks Reservoir, which was created in the 1940s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent the repetition of flooding in the city of Houston to the east; the land had been occupied for decades by mostly German immigrant farmers and their descendants. In 1965, Harris County leased 2,154 acres of the reservoir and began the park's development.

The park features a War Memorial, walking and running trails, an equestrian trail, a small zoo, an aviary, playgrounds, soccer fields, Little League and softball fields, four lighted tennis courts, eight covered pavilions, horseshoe courts, and hundreds of picnic tables and grills; there are also restrooms and drinking water fountains at various locations.

The park is open 7 days week from 7:00 am until 10:00 pm (Central time). There is no fee to enter the park, but picnic pavilions must be reserved in advance.