Tolt Pipeline Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,184 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Tolt Pipeline Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Farrel-McWhirter Park near Hollywood Hill, WA. It climbs 1,184 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tolt Pipeline Trail
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,184 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Elevation 27–540 ft
Out & Back · Farrel-McWhirter Park
Trailhead: 47.73524, -122.10479
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto PSE Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 2 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:45 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:17 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tolt Pipeline Trail
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