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Vintage Big Carousel–30370, 3 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back near Carnation, WA. The route reaches Vintage Big Carousel. It climbs 837 ft. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 965 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.64212, -121.90166
Nearest town Carnation, WA

Directions

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Vintage Big Carousel–30370, 3 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 837 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Elevation 85–966 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.64212, -121.90166

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Vintage Big Carousel.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading S.
  4. 3.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miSharp left onto 30370, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Steakhouse, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonhouse, heading E.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Bonbon, heading N.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Bonfire, heading N.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Bonbon-Mousetrap Perimeter firebreak, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Bonfire, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftSharp right onto Bonbon-Mousetrap Perimeter firebreak, heading SE.
  19. 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftReach Vintage Big Carousel, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left onto Bonfire, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Bonbon-Mousetrap Perimeter firebreak, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonfire, heading E.
  24. 50 ftSharp left onto Bonbon, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftTurn right onto Bonhouse, heading E.
  27. 350 ftBear left onto Steakhouse, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftTurn left onto 30370, heading SW.
  30. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  31. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
  32. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  34. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  35. 0.9 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading W.
  36. 3.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

46% gravel8% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~126 min). Leave by 4:46 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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