Honey Dew Creek Trailhead — Attraction in Renton

The Honey Dew Creek trail is ok, but lacking in some areas. So overall, this trail is super easy. There is a elevation drop of maybe 200-300 ft starting at 27th st down the service road for a half a mile. This is a very easy grade, plus it is paved. Then you come to the fork at the bottom. One side continues paved and appears to go into another entrance neighborhood. Once you hit the fork, the more trail-like portion begins. It welcomes you with mud. I went when it hadn't rained in 5+ days and it was still very muddy. The trail is still wide but not paved for a long way with multiple bridges over the creek. The trail itself is nothing spectacular. There are some very beautiful spots, and it is somewhat quite though. I have seen homeless activity...

Lives up to a 'honeydew' as we were fully surrounded by a canopy of greens! :) The babbling creek serenaded us the entire route, and the generous wide path allowed my dog to walk happily around me. Seems the trail can be entered from a blocked gate with no signs or from a neighborhood area. Google took us to the first, which did require us to park roadside on 2-3 car space. It's a dead end area, so it was safe from traffic. Entering from this end made more sense aesthetically; we walked on a 1/2 mile of pavement before trail became increasingly more interesting. Overall a great no-elevation urban hike with plenty of shade and...

Very close by (for me, behind my home), and can be a pleasant walk through a forest on a sunny day. Trail starts on an old road (closed and not used for many years), and decends through the trees on a gradual slope toward the creek at the bottom. Once you reach the creek, you can follow the actual trail along it's edge, in a somewhat SSE direction, or continue on with what is left of the road as it begins to ascend the eastern side of this portion of the May Creek Park valley. Though one is not likely to see them, deer, cougar, black bear, and porcupines, are just a few of the animals that can be found in this...