Mill Creek-McCollum Park

Starting Point: Starbucks, 15517 Main Street, Mill Creek (Park in Central Market lot)
Directions to Starting Point

Destination: McCollum Park

Total distance: 4.7 miles

Espresso Stop: Starbucks, 15517 Main Street, Mill Creek

Terrain: Flat.

Walking Time: Approx. 2 hours

Description

  1. From Starbucks, cross Main Street, continue straight between two buildings, and enter the North Creek Trail.
  2. Follow the trail across 153rd St to Main Street.
  3. Turn left onto Main St, cross a bridge, and immediately turn left onto the continuation of the trail.
  4. Follow the trail until you come to a signpost indicating the continuation of the North Creek Trail to the left.
  5. Turn left and follow the North Creek Trail until you come to a road.
  6. Turn left onto the road, pass the parking lot on the right, and pass the BMX Track on the right.
  7. Just past the BMX Track, turn left into a complex of small buidings,the first of which is the WSU Snohomish County Extension Center.
  8. At the right (west) end of the Extension Center, find a path into the woods leading to a bridge over North Creek.
  9. Cross the bridge and turn right.
  10. Follow the trail until it crosses a bridge to the McCollum Pool and parking lot.
  11. Walk through the parking lot to the road.
  12. Cross the road to a trial that immediatelly turns right.
  13. Follow this trail to a T and turn left.
  14. Follow the trail until come to the BMX Track.
  15. Go out into the parking lot on your left, and continue to a road.
  16. Across the road and just to the left is the North Creek Trail entrance. Enter the trail follow it back to Starbucks.

Directions to Starting Point:

From Bothell: Take SR-527 (NE Bothell Way, Bothell Everett Highway) northbound for 7 miles. At the traffic signal at Mill Creek Road, continue straight 0.4 miles to Mill Creek Blvd. Turn left onto Mill Creek Blvd, then right at the first traffic signal onto Main Street. Starbucks will be on your right, with the Central Market parking lot behind it.

Via Freeway: Take Exit 183 from I-5, and turn right onto 164th St. SE. Drive 1.6 miles, turn left onto Mill Creek Blvd (there are a traffic signal, a Union Bank, and a BECU at this intersection), then left at the first traffic signal onto Main Street. Starbucks will be on your right, with the Central Market parking lot behind it.

Slightly Longer Walk: After crossing the first bridge, turn left instead of right, and follow the Forrest Loop Trail back to the bridge. See the following map of McCullum Mark for details. (Note: Several features of this map are obsolete; in particular, the North Creek Trail passes through the Legend and Wetlands.)