Located along the Avenidas da las Americas, the Discovery Green Houston Park features a range of recreational facilities. It stands close to the Toyota Center and can be accessed easily from one of the hotels in Houston Texas, namely the Hilton Americas Hotel. With the standard of cleanliness being maintained at the park, one can appreciate its greenery in the middle of downtown Houston. At the park you can have a good jog or walk your dog in the evenings or any other time. Kids are provided with a water park from which they can have their amusement.

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Features of the Park

The Jones Lawn offers a good site on which to set up a picnic or have a nice family day out. A number of other sites offering good scenery include the Kinder Lake and the Wortham Foundation Gardens.

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A few landscaped features cast some form of the contemplative of downtown Houston; these are rightly named The Landforms. There's also a large underground parking space provided for the public's use. A couple of restaurants are also operated on the park by The Schiller Del Grande Restaurant Group.

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Population at the park is found to be lively even past 10 pm.

Discovery Green in Downtown Houston opened on the 13 of April, 2008. It is located just across the Avenida de las Americas, the George R Brown Convention Center and also to the Hilton Americas Hotel.

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It is a park which will shout out to you "go Green". It's an 11.78-acre site which can cater to the needs of many at the same time. Many events like children's activities, performances and festivals take place in this park. It includes a lake, a bandstand and a number of recreational areas. The admission in this park is absolutely free.

To plan a visit in the Discovery Green Park, one should be aware of the following points:

Hours: This Park is opened everyday from 6am to 11pm. For maintenance purpose the park can remain closed occasionally.

Information: For information regarding the park you can visit the Alkek Building located near the Gateway Fountain. The staff here will answer all your queries regarding the various events and rentals. Alkek Building has provision of restrooms for the visitors.

HPL service: At the lake house complimentary Wi-Fi internet access is provided to its visitors.

Parking: There are three types of parking options provided to the guests: surface parking, Metered parking and garage parking.

Rules and regulations:

- Visitor can bring in their lawn chairs and coolers inside the park.
- Photography is allowed if it's for personal use. But for commercial purpose permission will be required.
- Visitors are NOT ALLOWED to bring glass bottles, alcohols, weapons or firearms inside the park. Even flash photography is not allowed during the time of performances.

Dining: This park provides two dining options to its visitors: The Grove and The Lake House.

Group tours: This Park has no entry charges. But in case of group tours, reservation is required so that ample number of restrooms is available to the guests.

Hotels in Houston TX just minutes away from this Park are:

Hilton Americas Houston
Official Website:
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/HOUCVHH-Hilton-Americas-Houston-Texas/index.do

Four Seasons Hotel Houston
Official Website:
http://www.fourseasons.com/houston/

For further information regarding the Discovery Green Park Houston, visit the website:

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