Tolt Pipeline Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Tolt Pipeline Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Cottage Lake, WA. It climbs 829 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tolt Pipeline Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 829 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 19–540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Brook Trails Trail #19 · 47.73885, -122.09364
Weather Sep 4: Drizzle, high 70°F / low 52° · precip 40% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
- Start on Brook Trails Trail #19, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sammamish River Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Brook Trails Trail #19, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 0.6 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM — 1 min before dark.
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
More from Brook Trails Trail #19 Trailhead
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Tolt Pipeline Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 855 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 11 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 11 mi · ▲ 801 ft
- Sammamish River Trail 11.1 mi · ▲ 801 ft
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