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Coulter Creek Heritage Park

Big Pond Trail

4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Big Pond Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Coulter Creek Heritage Park near Wildwood, WA. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi430 – 499 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.46407, -122.71033
Nearest town Wildwood, WA
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Big Pond Trail

4 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 431–498 ft

Out & Back · Coulter Creek Heritage Park

Trailhead: 47.46407, -122.71033

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Big Pond Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-pond-trail-out-back-6-km-9908

Trail surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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