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Puyallup River & Puyallup Riverwalk Trail via Foothills Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near McMillin, WA. The route reaches Puyallup River at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi52 – 151 ft14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.11722, -122.23697
Nearest town McMillin, WA

Directions

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Puyallup River & Puyallup Riverwalk Trail via Foothills Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Elevation 54–151 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.11722, -122.23697

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:39 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftSharp right onto Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miSharp left onto Foothills Trail, heading E.
  10. 4.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 350 ftReach Puyallup River, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  17. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 4.2 miSharp right onto Puyallup Riverwalk Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  23. 0.7 miSharp left, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 250 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

60% paved12% gravel28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:39 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.8 mi in (~139 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 8:39 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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