Big Pond Trail
5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Big Pond Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in McCormick Woods Trail System near Gorst, WA. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Pond Trail
5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 400–461 ft
Out & Back · McCormick Woods Trail System
Trailhead: 47.49826, -122.69565
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Warbler, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Big Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Big Pond Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Warbler, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Wicks Lake via Big Pond Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Fairview Lake via Big Pond Trail 9.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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