Coal Mine Loop Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Coal Mine Loop Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Central Park near High Point, WA. It climbs 454 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Coal Mine Loop Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 362–731 ft
Out & Back · Central Park
Trailhead: 47.54460, -122.00527
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 83°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Paved Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Coal Mine Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Grand Ridge West, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Issaquah-Preston Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Grand Ridge West, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Coal Mine Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Paved Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 8:19 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM — 19 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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