Waterman Rock east side with yardstick.JPG
Dennis Bratland · CC BY-SA 4.0

Waterman Rock–Bent Tree Trail, 6 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Putney Woods County Park near Langley, WA. The route reaches Waterman Rock at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 304 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 285 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 48.03684, -122.43296
Nearest town Langley, WA

Directions

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Waterman Rock–Bent Tree Trail, 6 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 182–285 ft

Out & Back · Putney Woods County Park

Trailhead: 48.03684, -122.43296

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:43 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Cantharellis, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tricholoma, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Strix Varia, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pteromys, heading NW.
  6. 0.5 miSharp right onto Moss Valley, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Rocky Road, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blazing Saddles, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Coral Root Link Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Gooseberry, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Wood Nymph Way, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftTurn left onto Pacific Yew Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Bent Tree Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Waterman Erratic, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftReach Waterman Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftBear right onto Bent Tree Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Pacific Yew Trail, heading SE.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Wood Nymph Way, heading SE.
  21. 450 ftBear left onto Gooseberry, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Coral Root Link Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miBear left onto Blazing Saddles, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Roller Coaster, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rocky Road, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Moss Valley, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left onto Flying Squirrel, heading S.
  28. 0.5 miTurn left onto Strix Varia, heading SE.
  29. 0.2 miBear right onto Tricholoma, heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cantharellis, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 0.4 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:51 AMSunset 8:43 PM

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