PSE Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 2 hr 17 min
PSE Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Farrel-McWhirter Park near Earlmont, WA. It climbs 640 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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PSE Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 22–329 ft
Out & Back · Farrel-McWhirter Park
Trailhead: 47.68831, -122.13577
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Transit-accessible: NE 90th St & 154th Ave NE stop 669 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto PSE Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Sammamish River Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto PSE Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach PSE Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Sammamish River Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto PSE Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: NE 90th St & 154th Ave NE stop 669 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Reflecting Pond & PSE Trail via Sammamish River Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Marymoor Connector Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- PSE Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Burke-Gilman Trail & PSE Trail via Sammamish River Trail 13.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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