Big Pond Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Big Pond Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in McCormick Woods Trail System near Wildwood, WA. It is mostly level, with 140 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
6.5 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 387–498 ft
Out & Back · McCormick Woods Trail System
Trailhead: 47.47114, -122.70690
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Big Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Warbler, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grouse, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Foxglove, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Orchid, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Foxglove, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Grouse, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Warbler, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.8 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 8:13 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Big Pond Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Big Pond Trail 2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Wicks Lake 3.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Fairview Lake 3.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Big Pond Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Big Pond Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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