Labyrinth at Tom Bass Regional Park
Houston, Texas, United States
In Harris County's Tom Bass Regional Park, a permanent labyrinth lies in the park's trail system, a county-park walk in south Houston.
In Harris County's Tom Bass Regional Park, a permanent labyrinth lies in the park's trail system, a county-park walk in south Houston. The Labyrinth Locator's record lists it as a contemporary seven-circuit concentric design with a spiraling center; installed August 25, 2018.
Every labyrinth is a walking practice, not a puzzle: a single path winds to a center and back out, and the walk is done slowly, as prayer or meditation. The pattern descends from the medieval pavement labyrinth at Chartres, and the modern urban revival began in the 1990s when Lauren Artress brought replicas of that path to American congregations and public grounds through Veriditas and the Labyrinth Society, whose World-Wide Labyrinth Locator now catalogs thousands. There is no branching and no trick to the path; walkers of every religion and none use it.
Visiting
hcp1.net carries the site's own information and schedule.
Associated traditions & practices
Visitor stories
