AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Fluent Steps via Prairie Line Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 40 min

Fluent Steps via Prairie Line Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Tacoma, WA. The route reaches Fluent Steps. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 85 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.24196, -122.42977
Nearest town Tacoma, WA
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Fluent Steps via Prairie Line Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 40 min

Elevation 1–85 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.24196, -122.42977

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Transit-accessible: Puyallup Avenue & East D Street stop 159 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miPass Fluent Steps.
  3. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Thea Foss Waterway Public Esplanade, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Commerce Street, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miReach Fluent Steps, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Prairie Line Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Thea Foss Waterway Public Esplanade, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  20. 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/fluent-steps-out-back-7f3f

Trail surface

38% paved13% dirt4% gravel45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Puyallup Avenue & East D Street stop 159 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Tacoma, Washington