Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. The route reaches Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 1,357 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi79 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54118, -122.06349
Nearest town Issaquah, WA · Official trailhead info (soundtransit.org)
Directions
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Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,357 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 79–1,444 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.54118, -122.06349
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 3 stop 105 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Newport Way Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Viewpoint Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shangri La Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
37% dirt20% paved43% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 77°F52°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue
85°58°
Wed
91°62°
Thu
93°57°
Fri
87°53°
Sat
84°53°
Sun
83°53°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Issaquah Transit Center - Bay 3 stop 105 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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