Bates Allen Park Blends Orienteering and Black Fort Bend History

Bates M. Allen Park sits on 236 acres near Kendleton, one of the historic freedmen towns in Texas. That setting gives the park a deeper story than open fields and water.

The park includes the Fort Bend County Heritage Unlimited Museum and an orienteering course. The county is also building an African-American Heritage Monument there to honor Black history in Fort Bend County.

That story runs from plantation slavery through Reconstruction leadership and beyond. A visit can be a hike, a fishing trip, a museum stop, and a look at one of the county's important stories. Use the park page for hours, reservations, and monument work.