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Carkeek Park

Carkeek Park Beach & Piper's Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 48 min

Carkeek Park Beach & Piper's Creek Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Carkeek Park near Greenwood, WA. The route passes Carkeek Park Beach before reaching Carkeek Park Beach at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 251 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 282 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Viewlands Trail 47.70665, -122.36196
Nearest town Greenwood, WA
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Carkeek Park Beach & Piper's Creek Trail

2 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 48 min

Elevation 13–282 ft

Out & Back · Carkeek Park

Trailhead: Viewlands Trail · 47.70665, -122.36196

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Transit-accessible: Northwest 100th Place & 7th Avenue Northwest stop 472 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Viewlands Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Piper's Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miPass Carkeek Park Beach.
  4. 100 ftTurn right onto Salmon to Sound Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 150 ftReach Carkeek Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 150 ftSharp left onto Wetlands Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right onto Salmon to Sound Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Piper's Creek Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Viewlands Trail, heading SE.
  12. 350 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/carkeek-park-beach-carkeek-park-beach-out-back-3-km-ec8d

Trail surface

61% gravel16% dirt13% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:51 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:58 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Transit-accessible: Northwest 100th Place & 7th Avenue Northwest stop 472 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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