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Swan Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Swan Creek Park near Salishan, WA. It climbs 253 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 299 ft · steepest grade: 30%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.21908, -122.39711
Nearest town Salishan, WA

Directions

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Swan Creek Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 54 min

Elevation 30–299 ft

Out & Back · Swan Creek Park

Trailhead: 47.21908, -122.39711

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:53 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Transit-accessible: Roosevelt Avenue East & East 42nd Street stop 65 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left onto Swan Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.9 miReach Swan Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Roosevelt Avenue East & East 42nd Street stop 65 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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