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Swan Creek Park

Hustle and Flow & Swan Creek Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Hustle and Flow & Swan Creek Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Swan Creek Park near Tacoma Junction, WA. It climbs 351 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swan Creek Trail 47.22780, -122.39050
Nearest town Tacoma Junction, WA
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Hustle and Flow & Swan Creek Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 351 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 30–366 ft

Out & Back · Swan Creek Park

Trailhead: Swan Creek Trail · 47.22780, -122.39050

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

Transit-accessible: Roosevelt Avenue East & Sherman Street stop 638 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Swan Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Hustle and Flow, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Pipeline Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miReach Swan Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Hustle and Flow, heading E.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 350 ftBear left onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Swan Creek Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 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/hustle-and-flow-swan-creek-trail-out-back-6-km-cf12

Trail surface

88% dirt10% paved2% grass

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Roosevelt Avenue East & Sherman Street stop 638 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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