Sammamish River Trail is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Oskams Corner, WA. It climbs 655 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi16 – 482 ft · steepest grade: 26%11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.74339, -122.19463
Nearest town Oskams Corner, WA
Directions
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Sammamish River Trail
9.6 mi · ▲ 655 ft · 3 hr 32 min
Elevation 18–483 ft
Out & Back · Sammamish River Park
Trailhead: 47.74339, -122.19463
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Juanita Woodinville Way NE & 115th Ave NE stop 475 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
58% paved24% dirt10% gravel8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:59 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Juanita Woodinville Way NE & 115th Ave NE stop 475 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 679 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Burke-Gilman Trail via Tolt Pipeline Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 650 ft
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