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Green Lake Park

Green Lake & East Green Lake Beach via Green Lake Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min

Green Lake & East Green Lake Beach via Green Lake Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Green Lake Park near Phinney Ridge, WA. The route passes Green Lake and East Green Lake Beach before reaching East Green Lake Beach at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 177 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.67394, -122.34538
Nearest town Phinney Ridge, WA
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Green Lake & East Green Lake Beach via Green Lake Trail

2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 44 min

Elevation 166–178 ft

Out & Back · Green Lake Park

Trailhead: 47.67394, -122.34538

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Transit-accessible: Aurora Avenue North & North 65th Street stop 260 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Green Lake.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Lake Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miPass East Green Lake Beach.
  5. 0.2 miPass East Green Lake Beach.
  6. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftReach Green Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miArrive 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/green-lake-east-green-lake-beach-out-back-3-beaches-4-km-f26c

Trail surface

72% paved18% dirt10% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 5:51 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Aurora Avenue North & North 65th Street stop 260 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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