Reflecting Pond & PSE Trail
5 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Reflecting Pond & PSE Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Avondale, WA. The route reaches Reflecting Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 569 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Reflecting Pond & PSE Trail
5 mi · ▲ 569 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 31–329 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: connector · 47.69929, -122.09052
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Transit-accessible: Avondale Rd NE & Puget Power Trail Walk stop 183 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto PSE Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Reflecting Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:56 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Avondale Rd NE & Puget Power Trail Walk stop 183 m from the trailhead
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More from connector Trailhead
- Sammamish River Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 568 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- PSE Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 568 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 10.6 mi · ▲ 545 ft
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