Big Pond Trail
7.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Big Pond Trail is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in McCormick Woods Trail System near Sunnyslope, WA. It is mostly level, with 137 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
7.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 366–471 ft
Out & Back · McCormick Woods Trail System
Trailhead: 47.47110, -122.73444
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Big Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Warbler, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Grouse, heading N.
- 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 S.
- 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 SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:44 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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