Sammamish River Trail

11 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Sammamish River Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back near Cottage Lake, WA. It climbs 801 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 541 ft · steepest grade: 18%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brook Trails Trail #19 47.73885, -122.09364
Nearest town Cottage Lake, WA

Directions

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Sammamish River Trail

11 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 4 hr 4 min

Elevation 22–540 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Brook Trails Trail #19 · 47.73885, -122.09364

Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 72°F / low 51° · precip 25% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start on Brook Trails Trail #19, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.6 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  20. 2 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 250 ftSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 1.5 miTurn left onto Brook Trails Trail #19, heading E.
  24. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

38% dirt17% paved14% gravel8% grass23% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 72°F51°
Precip25%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity83%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°50° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 2% rain2 AM: 2% rain3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 3% rain7 AM: 2% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 2% rain10 AM: 2% rain11 AM: 2% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 3% rain2 PM: 7% rain3 PM: 13% rain4 PM: 25% rain5 PM: 23% rain6 PM: 22% rain7 PM: 14% rain8 PM: 9% rain9 PM: 8% rain10 PM: 7% rain11 PM: 7% rain
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Sun 74°49°
Mon 64°48°
Tue 74°52°
Wed 79°50°
Thu 67°54°
Fri 71°49° 23%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM — 0 min before dark.

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