Lister Overlook Trail & Swan Creek Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Swan Creek Park near Tacoma Junction, WA. It climbs 407 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi30 – 390 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Swan Creek Trail 47.22780, -122.39050
Nearest town Tacoma Junction, WA
Directions
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Lister Overlook Trail & Swan Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 30–390 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
- Start on Swan Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lister Overlook Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Hustle and Flow, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right onto Swan Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Swan Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt2% gravel1% paved
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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Swan Creek Trail Trailhead
- Hustle and Flow & Swan Creek Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 351 ft
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