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The Lower Duck Pond & North Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 46 min

The Lower Duck Pond & North Creek Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back near Canyon Park, WA. The route reaches The Lower Duck Pond. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi43 – 151 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Creek Trail 47.77478, -122.18447
Nearest town Canyon Park, WA
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The Lower Duck Pond & North Creek Trail

5 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 41–151 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: North Creek Trail · 47.77478, -122.18447

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

Transit-accessible: Monte Villa Pkwy & 39th Ave SE stop 406 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Creek Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miPass The Lower Duck Pond.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  7. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miReach The Lower Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
  17. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  24. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  26. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.9 miArrive 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/the-lower-duck-pond-north-creek-trail-out-back-9-km-a097

Trail surface

72% paved14% gravel1% boardwalk13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:41 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Monte Villa Pkwy & 39th Ave SE stop 406 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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