Dramatic Erratic–Lake Sammamish, 7 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in West Tiger Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area near Pine Lake, WA. The route passes Lake Sammamish State Park Beach, Lake Sammamish and Dramatic Erratic. It climbs 2,791 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dramatic Erratic–Lake Sammamish, 7 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 2,791 ft · 6 hr 46 min
Elevation 43–2,563 ft
Out & Back · West Tiger Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area
Trailhead: 47.56846, -122.05410
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Sammamish State Park Beach.
- 250 ftPass Lake Sammamish.
- 150 ftTurn left onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High School Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Section Line Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Poo Poo Point Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miBear left onto One View Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tiger Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Dramatic Erratic.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftReach Dramatic Erratic, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto One View Trail, heading W.
- 1 miBear right onto Poo Poo Point Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Section Line Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto High School Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Rainier Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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