Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Big Tree Ridge Trail & Newport Way Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 355 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Big Tree Ridge Trail & Newport Way Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. It climbs 355 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Big Tree Ridge Trail & Newport Way Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 355 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 47–424 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Pickering Multiple Use Trail · 47.54794, -122.04807
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: 10th Ave NW & Lake Dr stop 295 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Newport Way Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: 10th Ave NW & Lake Dr stop 295 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Pickering Multiple Use Trail Trailhead
- Homestead Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Sammamish Multiple Use Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Pickering Multiple Use Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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