Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Clay Pit Pond–Jerry's Duckpond, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,440 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Clay Pit Pond–Jerry's Duckpond, 6 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Pine Lake, WA. The route passes Jerry's Duckpond before reaching Clay Pit Pond at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 1,440 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Clay Pit Pond–Jerry's Duckpond, 6 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,440 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 44–1,472 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.55184, -122.06526
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: NW Sammamish Rd & 15th Pl NW stop 6 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto 15th Place Northwest, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shangri La Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Protector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Jerry's Duckpond.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Clay Pit Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Protector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto No Name Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto 15th Place Northwest, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: NW Sammamish Rd & 15th Pl NW stop 6 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Pickering Multiple Use Trail via Sammamish Multiple Use Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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