Sammamish River Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Woodinville Sports Club near Avondale, WA. It climbs 257 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sammamish River Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 20–288 ft
Out & Back · Woodinville Sports Club
Trailhead: 47.69961, -122.11137
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Transit-accessible: NE 111th St & 172nd Ave NE stop 45 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto PSE Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 2 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto PSE Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: NE 111th St & 172nd Ave NE stop 45 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.2 mi · loop · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.5 mi · loop · via Sammamish River Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Sammamish River Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Sammamish River Trail
More from this trailhead
- PSE Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- PSE Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft
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