Totem Lake Viewing Point–Totem Lake, 6 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Oskams Corner, WA. The route passes Totem Lake and Totem Lake Viewing Point. It climbs 522 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi36 – 410 ft9.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tolt Pipeline Trail 47.74082, -122.18650
Nearest town Oskams Corner, WA
Directions
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Totem Lake Viewing Point–Totem Lake, 6 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 522 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 36–410 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Tolt Pipeline Trail · 47.74082, -122.18650
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: I-405 & Juanita Woodinville Way Northeast stop 105 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Eastrail, heading S.
- 1 miPass Totem Lake.
- 350 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.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Totem Lake Connector, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Cross Kirkland Corridor, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Eastrail, heading E.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Woodinville Valley Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tolt Pipeline Trail, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 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
78% gravel8% paved6% dirt2% other1% boardwalk5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: I-405 & Juanita Woodinville Way Northeast stop 105 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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