North Creek Trail via Sammamish River Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Wayne, WA. It climbs 367 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi16 – 345 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.74717, -122.20525
Nearest town Wayne, WA
Directions
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North Creek Trail via Sammamish River Trail
5.7 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 18–345 ft
Out & Back · Sammamish River Park
Trailhead: 47.74717, -122.20525
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: 96th Ave NE & NE Riverbend Dr stop 623 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto North Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach North Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 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
79% paved1% gravel1% dirt19% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 8:18 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM — 18 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 96th Ave NE & NE Riverbend Dr stop 623 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 585 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Burke-Gilman Trail 5 mi · ▲ 380 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 142 ft
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