Totem Lake Viewing Point–Totem Lake, 5 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,444 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Totem Lake Viewing Point–Totem Lake, 5 sights is a 16.1-mile out-and-back near Duvall, WA. The route passes Totem Lake before reaching Totem Lake Viewing Point at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 1,444 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Totem Lake Viewing Point–Totem Lake, 5 sights
16.1 mi · ▲ 1,444 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Elevation 19–593 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.72720, -122.03040
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading NW.
- 4.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Eastrail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miPass Totem Lake.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftReach Totem Lake Viewing Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Cross Kirkland Corridor, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Eastrail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 4.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 8:17 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:59 PM — 17 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Redmond Ridge Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Redmond Ridge Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 177 ft
- Collin Creek Trail 3 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Collin Creek Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 333 ft
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