Big Pond Trail
7.7 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Big Pond Trail is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in McCormick Woods Trail System near Sunnyslope, WA. It is mostly level, with 120 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
7.7 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 387–471 ft
Out & Back · McCormick Woods Trail System
Trailhead: 47.46426, -122.73340
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Big Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Warbler, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grouse, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Foxglove, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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 S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:48 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Big Pond Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 114 ft
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