Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Harvey Manning Trail, 5 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. The route reaches Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak) at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 1,100 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi371 – 1,490 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54169, -122.07181
Nearest town Issaquah, WA
Directions
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Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Harvey Manning Trail, 5 sights
3.7 mi · ▲ 1,100 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 372–1,488 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.54169, -122.07181
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 76°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Military Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading W.
- 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 NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading SW.
- 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 NE.
- 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 E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Military Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear 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
53% dirt47% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 76°F51°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity54%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue
84°56°
Wed
90°61°
Thu
91°56°
Fri
85°52°
Sat
83°51°
Sun
82°52°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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