Community Profile

Summary

Located about 30 miles north of downtown Houston, Texas, The Woodlands officially began in 1974. The Woodlands is a master-planned community with approximately 118,000 residents and approximately 2,100 businesses. The Woodlands is well known for its extensive parks and recreation, golf, corporate headquarters, schools, places of worship, shopping, dining, hospitality, healthcare and much more. Today, there are 148 parks and 220 miles of hike and bike trails. Educational outreach and volunteer programs led us to create 320 acres of pollinator corridors, grow and distribute more than 14,000 native milkweed plants to the community, plant more than 50,000 trees in public spaces in 2019. These actions, in addition to steps taken to protect our watershed and divert waste in our community, resulted in The Woodlands Township being selected the winner of the 2020 National Recreation and Parks Association Innovation in Conservation Award.