Heritage Trail & Highlands Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 47 min
Heritage Trail & Highlands Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Newcastle, WA. It climbs 294 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Heritage Trail & Highlands Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 47 min
Elevation 345–557 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.52542, -122.15219
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 74°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 91st St stop 736 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Heritage Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Heritage Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 8:16 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM — 14 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 91st St stop 736 m from the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lower Crock Trail via Highlands Trail 2 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Far Country Falls–De Leo Wall Viewpoint, 6 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 849 ft
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