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Lake Sammamish State Park

Pickering Multiple Use Trail

4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Pickering Multiple Use Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Lake Sammamish State Park near Issaquah, WA. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 82 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54118, -122.06349
Nearest town Issaquah, WA · Official trailhead info (soundtransit.org)
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Pickering Multiple Use Trail

4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 47–80 ft

Out & Back · Lake Sammamish State Park

Trailhead: 47.54118, -122.06349

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 3 stop 105 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miReach Pickering Multiple Use Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miArrive 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/pickering-multiple-use-trail-out-back-6-km-ad1f

Trail surface

83% paved17% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 3 stop 105 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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