1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 150 ftTurn left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading E.
3. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
4. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
5. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading S.
7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
9. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
11. 150 ftTurn right onto Marymoor Connector Trail, heading S.
12. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
13. 400 ftContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading SE.
14. 0.4 miPass Lake Sammamish.
15. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
16. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
17. 50 ftReach Lake Sammamish, then turn around and head back the way you came.
18. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
19. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
20. 0.9 miSharp right onto Marymoor Connector Trail, heading NW.
21. 50 ftTurn left onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading NW.
22. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
23. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Creek Trail, heading NW.
25. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
27. 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
28. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish River Trail, heading W.
29. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
30. 50 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-sammamish-bear-creek-trail-out-back-8-km