AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Coulter Creek Heritage Park

Big Pond Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Big Pond Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Coulter Creek Heritage Park near Glenwood, WA. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 499 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.44722, -122.70419
Nearest town Glenwood, WA
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Big Pond Trail

7.3 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 2 hr 32 min

Elevation 422–498 ft

Out & Back · Coulter Creek Heritage Park

Trailhead: 47.44722, -122.70419

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:56 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Big Pond Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-pond-trail-out-back-12-km-b005

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:56 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM — 4 min before dark.

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