Rainier Trail & Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail via Wetlands Trail
5 mi · ▲ 481 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Rainier Trail & Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail via Wetlands Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Park Pointe near Issaquah, WA. It climbs 481 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Rainier Trail & Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail via Wetlands Trail
5 mi · ▲ 481 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 101–499 ft
Out & Back · Park Pointe
Trailhead: Rainier Greenway Trail · 47.52878, -122.03418
Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 85°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: SE Bush St & Rainier Blvd S stop 40 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rainier Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wetlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Adventure Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Benneville Powerline Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Rainier Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Ruth Kees Big Tree Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wetlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Rainier Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: SE Bush St & Rainier Blvd S stop 40 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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