1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 50 ftBear right onto Education Center Trail, heading W.
3. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
4. 50 ftBear left onto Salmon to Sound Trail, heading W.
5. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
6. 50 ftTurn right onto Hillside Trail, heading S.
7. 50 ftPass Carkeek Park Beach.
8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Traverse, heading NW.
9. 400 ftTurn right onto Grand Fir Trail, heading NW.
10. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
11. 400 ftBear right onto North Meadow Hillclimb, heading NE.
12. 0.1 miReach North Meadow Hillclimb Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
13. 0.1 miBear left onto Grand Fir Trail, heading NE.
14. 0.1 miTurn left onto North Traverse, heading S.
15. 400 ftContinue straight onto Northwest Carkeek Park Road, heading S.
16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Piper's Creek Trail, heading SW.
17. 50 ftBear left onto Salmon to Sound Trail, heading SW.
18. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
19. 50 ftBear right onto Education Center Trail, heading SW.
20. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
21. 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/north-meadow-hillclimb-viewpoint-carkeek-park-beach-out-back-2-km-4229