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Swan Creek Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Swan Creek Park near Salishan, WA. It climbs 297 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 331 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.21296, -122.39953
Nearest town Salishan, WA

Directions

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Swan Creek Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 30–330 ft

Out & Back · Swan Creek Park

Trailhead: 47.21296, -122.39953

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

Transit-accessible: 44th Street East & T Street East stop 419 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Swan Creek Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miReach Swan Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Canyon Rim Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.1 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

88% dirt12% grass

Weather

Sunrise 5:53 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 44th Street East & T Street East stop 419 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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