This park occupies 100 acres acquired by Harris County in 1983.  The late Commissioner Bob Eckels started the development.  Katy Park features baseball, softball, and soccer fields.  A pavilion, restrooms, walking trail, picnic tables, and barbecue grills are also available.

Katy Park has been a regular camp ground for the Salt Grass Trail Ride for many years.  The riders camp here on the Wednesday night preceding the Saturday parade that opens the Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo each year.  Thursday night they camp at the Houston Farm and Ranch Club in Bear Creek Park and Friday night they camp in Memorial Park in Houston to get ready for the the big parade.

The names of the streets in this park are derived from the trail riders' patronage.  The main road is Salt Grass Trail.  The side roads are named for Emil Marks, Reese Lockett, John Warnasch, and Pat Flaherty, the four men who started the tradition of trail rides as a prelude to the stock show.  There were just the four of them on that first Salt Grass Trail ride in 1951.