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Sammamish River Park

Tolt Pipeline Trail & Woodinville Valley Trail via Sammamish River Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 765 ft · 5 hr 1 min

Tolt Pipeline Trail & Woodinville Valley Trail via Sammamish River Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Woodinville, WA. It climbs 765 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 482 ft · steepest grade: 28%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.75279, -122.16891
Nearest town Woodinville, WA
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Tolt Pipeline Trail & Woodinville Valley Trail via Sammamish River Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 765 ft · 5 hr 1 min

Elevation 18–483 ft

Out & Back · Sammamish River Park

Trailhead: 47.75279, -122.16891

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Transit-accessible: NE 175th St & 131st Ave NE stop 301 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Eastrail, heading S.
  2. 1.3 miBear left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading E.
  3. 100 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  11. 0.9 miBear right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 500 ftSharp left onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miReach Woodinville Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftSharp right onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  24. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 500 ftTurn right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading NW.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  29. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  30. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  33. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading E.
  37. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  39. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading S.
  41. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  42. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Eastrail, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sammamish-river-trail-out-back-17-km-c4e3

Trail surface

48% paved27% gravel18% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.1 mi in (~149 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: NE 175th St & 131st Ave NE stop 301 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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