Bird Trail Viewing Mound & Bear Creek Trail via East Lake Sammamish Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Bird Trail Viewing Mound & Bear Creek Trail via East Lake Sammamish Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Marymoor Park near Redmond, WA. The route reaches Bird Trail Viewing Mound at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bird Trail Viewing Mound & Bear Creek Trail via East Lake Sammamish Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 31–50 ft
Out & Back · Marymoor Park
Trailhead: 47.67320, -122.13132
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 78°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Transit-accessible: NE Redmond Way & Bear Creek Pkwy stop 97 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Marymoor Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sparrow Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Bird Trail Viewing Mound, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Marymoor Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish River Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: NE Redmond Way & Bear Creek Pkwy stop 97 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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