Looking south on the Sammamish River near junction with North Creek.jpg
Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sammamish River Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Woodinville Sports Club near Avondale, WA. It climbs 320 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi20 – 328 ft16.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: PSE Trail 47.69974, -122.10667
Nearest town Avondale, WA

Directions

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Sammamish River Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 20–329 ft

Out & Back · Woodinville Sports Club

Trailhead: PSE Trail · 47.69974, -122.10667

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM

Transit-accessible: 179th Ave NE & NE 108th Way stop 326 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on PSE Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  10. 2 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 1.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left onto PSE Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  24. 1.3 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

35% paved22% gravel19% dirt6% grass18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 7:10 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM — 14 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 179th Ave NE & NE 108th Way stop 326 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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