Issaquah-Preston Trail
4 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Issaquah-Preston Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back near Issaquah, WA. It climbs 318 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Issaquah-Preston Trail
4 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 288–475 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.53914, -122.01901
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 84°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:39 PM
Transit-accessible: 9th Ave NE & NE Ellis Dr stop 189 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Issaquah-Preston Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 8:19 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:39 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 9:15 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 9th Ave NE & NE Ellis Dr stop 189 m from the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Issaquah-Preston Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 264 ft
- Coal Mine Loop Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 615 ft
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