Coal Creek Natural Area–Coal Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Coal Creek Natural Area near Newcastle, WA. The route reaches Coal Creek Natural Area. It climbs 395 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Coal Creek Natural Area–Coal Creek Trail, 3 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 480–692 ft
Out & Back · Coal Creek Natural Area
Trailhead: Coal Creek Trail · 47.54058, -122.15104
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
- Start on Coal Creek Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Coal Creek Natural Area.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Primrose Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Golf Course Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Coal Creek Natural Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Primrose Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Coal Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1 mi · out & back · via Coal Creek Trail
- 1.2 mi · out & back · via Lower Coal Creek Trail
- 1.2 mi · out & back · via King County Neighborhood Trail System
- 1.2 mi · out & back · via Coal Creek Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Upper Viewpoint Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Coal Creek Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Marshall's Hill Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Cross Town Trail
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