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Reflecting Pond & Bear Creek Trail via Sammamish River Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Reflecting Pond & Bear Creek Trail via Sammamish River Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Campton, WA. The route reaches Reflecting Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 49 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Lake Sammamish Trail 47.66540, -122.10182
Nearest town Campton, WA
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Reflecting Pond & Bear Creek Trail via Sammamish River Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 16 min

Elevation 31–50 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: East Lake Sammamish Trail · 47.66540, -122.10182

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Transit-accessible: NE 68th St & 180th Ave NE stop 280 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 500 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish River Trail, heading NW.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 150 ftReach Reflecting Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  29. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  30. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading S.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-creek-trail-bear-creek-trail-out-back-6-km-d677

Trail surface

76% paved7% dirt2% grass1% boardwalk14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: NE 68th St & 180th Ave NE stop 280 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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