Collin Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Collin Creek Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Redmond Watershed Preserve near Cottage Lake, WA. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Collin Creek Trail
3 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 428–521 ft
Out & Back · Redmond Watershed Preserve
Trailhead: 47.72639, -122.03202
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Redmond Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Collin Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Redmond Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:20 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:40 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:16 PM.
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More from this trailhead
- Redmond Ridge Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Redmond Ridge Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Redmond Ridge Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 177 ft
- Collin Creek Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Collin Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 333 ft
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