Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Pine Lake, WA. The route reaches Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak) at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,370 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi102 – 1,490 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Big Tree Ridge Trail 47.54631, -122.07062
Nearest town Pine Lake, WA
Directions
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Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 5 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,370 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 102–1,488 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Big Tree Ridge Trail · 47.54631, -122.07062
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Newport Way NW & NW Pacific Elm Dr stop 490 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 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
51% dirt49% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 77°F51°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue
85°58°
Wed
91°61°
Thu
93°57°
Fri
86°53°
Sat
84°52°
Sun
83°53°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Newport Way NW & NW Pacific Elm Dr stop 490 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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