Sammamish River Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Oskams Corner, WA. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sammamish River Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 18–483 ft
Out & Back · Sammamish River Park
Trailhead: 47.74168, -122.19577
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Juanita Woodinville Way NE & NE 149th St stop 707 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Ninth Green at Nine, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:56 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:16 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Juanita Woodinville Way NE & NE 149th St stop 707 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 2.7 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 9.6 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 655 ft
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