Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Clay Pit Pond & Jerry's Duckpond via Clay Pit Road
2.2 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 53 min
Clay Pit Pond & Jerry's Duckpond via Clay Pit Road is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. The route passes Jerry's Duckpond before reaching Clay Pit Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 295 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Clay Pit Pond & Jerry's Duckpond via Clay Pit Road
2.2 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 53 min
Elevation 1,170–1,472 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Clay Pit Road · 47.53376, -122.11297
Weather Sep 4: Heavy snow, high 65°F / low 51° · precip 18% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Clay Pit Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miPass Jerry's Duckpond.
- 0.3 miReach Clay Pit Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Clay Pit Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Clay Pit Road Trailhead
- Little Creek Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 341 ft
- Coyote Creek Trail & Radio Peak Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Jerry's Duckpond–Cave Hole Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Coal Creek Falls–Cave Hole Trail Loop, 5 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Harvey Manning Trail, 6 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Klondike Swamp Trail–West Tibbetts Creek Trail, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 425 ft
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