1. Start on Orchard Loop, heading E.
2. 50 ftPass Tibbetts Beach.
3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Homestead Trail, heading E.
4. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
5. 150 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading SW.
6. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading S.
8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading NW.
10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading S.
11. 400 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading NW.
12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
13. 200 ftTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading S.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Protector Trail, heading SW.
16. 0.3 miBear left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
17. 0.2 miPass Cougar Pass.
18. 350 ftTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading S.
19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading SW.
20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading SW.
21. 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SE.
22. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading SE.
23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SE.
24. 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading SE.
25. 50 ftSharp right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading SE.
26. 350 ftPass Long View Peak.
27. 0.2 miReach Long View Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
28. 0.3 miSharp left onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading W.
29. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading W.
30. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading SE.
31. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SE.
32. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
33. 0.5 miTurn right onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading NW.
34. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading N.
35. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NW.
36. 0.3 miBear right onto Protector Trail, heading NE.
37. 0.3 miTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading NE.
38. 0.3 miContinue straight onto No Name Trail, heading NW.
39. 0.2 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NE.
40. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading NE.
41. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
42. 400 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading NE.
43. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading N.
44. 0.5 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading N.
45. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
46. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
47. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading SE.
48. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
49. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
50. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Homestead Trail, heading NE.
51. 0.5 miSharp left onto Orchard Loop, heading E.
52. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/clay-pit-pond-clay-pit-pond-out-back-4-lakes-16-km