Big Pond Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Big Pond Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in McCormick Woods Trail System near Sunnyslope, WA. It is mostly level, with 111 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
5.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 387–471 ft
Out & Back · McCormick Woods Trail System
Trailhead: 47.46968, -122.71675
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Big Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Warbler, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grouse, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Foxglove, heading E.
- 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 S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 8:20 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM — 19 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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