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May Creek Park

Lake Boren & Waterline Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 237 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Lake Boren & Waterline Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in May Creek Park near Newcastle, WA. The route reaches Lake Boren at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 237 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 440 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: May Creek Trail 47.51941, -122.15914
Nearest town Newcastle, WA
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Lake Boren & Waterline Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 237 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 242–439 ft

Out & Back · May Creek Park

Trailhead: May Creek Trail · 47.51941, -122.15914

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 91st St stop 91 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on May Creek Trail, heading W.
  2. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.6 miBear left onto Waterline Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miReach Lake Boren, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miBear right onto May Creek Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  8. 200 ftArrive 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/lake-boren-lake-boren-out-back-4-km-a587

Trail surface

92% dirt7% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 91st St stop 91 m from the trailhead

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