Looking south on the Sammamish River near junction with North Creek.jpg
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Burke-Gilman Trail & Tolt Pipeline Trail via Sammamish River Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Sammamish River Park near Cottage Lake, WA. It climbs 948 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 541 ft · steepest grade: 22%14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tolt Pipeline Trail 47.73646, -122.07959
Nearest town Cottage Lake, WA

Directions

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Burke-Gilman Trail & Tolt Pipeline Trail via Sammamish River Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 948 ft · 4 hr 54 min

Elevation 18–540 ft

Out & Back · Sammamish River Park

Trailhead: Tolt Pipeline Trail · 47.73646, -122.07959

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Transit-accessible: Avondale Rd NE & NE 149th St stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading W.
  2. 2.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 1.1 miBear right, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miSharp left onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Tolt Pipeline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  14. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 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

47% dirt41% paved11% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:40 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:42 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Avondale Rd NE & NE 149th St stop 73 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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