Waterman Rock east side with yardstick.JPG
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Waterman Rock–Dirty Pants, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Putney Woods County Park near Langley, WA. The route reaches Waterman Rock at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 275 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 305 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 48.03694, -122.43821
Nearest town Langley, WA

Directions

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Waterman Rock–Dirty Pants, 5 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 182–306 ft

Out & Back · Putney Woods County Park

Trailhead: 48.03694, -122.43821

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cantharellis, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tricholoma, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Strix Varia, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pteromys, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Moss Valley, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Dirty Pants, heading N.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rocky Road, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Roller Coaster, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blazing Saddles, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Coral Root Link Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 450 ftContinue straight onto Twin Flower Trek, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 350 ftTurn left onto Wood Nymph Way, heading W.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Wood Landing Strip, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Waterman Erratic, heading W.
  20. 250 ftReach Waterman Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Wood Landing Strip, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Wood Nymph Way, heading S.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Twin Flower Trek, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Coral Root Link Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.3 miBear left onto Blazing Saddles, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rocky Road, heading SE.
  29. 250 ftTurn left onto Dirty Pants, heading NE.
  30. 350 ftTurn right onto Moss Valley, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miSharp left onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
  32. 0.5 miTurn left onto Strix Varia, heading SE.
  33. 0.2 miBear right onto Tricholoma, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cantharellis, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:51 AMSunset 8:43 PM

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