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Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Big Tree Ridge Trail–Fred's Railroad Trail, 10 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Big Tree Ridge Trail–Fred's Railroad Trail, 10 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. The route reaches Cougar Pass. It climbs 1,680 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 1,348 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.55144, -122.04532
Nearest town Issaquah, WA
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Big Tree Ridge Trail–Fred's Railroad Trail, 10 sights

13.7 mi · ▲ 1,680 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Elevation 47–1,348 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: 47.55144, -122.04532

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Transit-accessible: stop 42 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  16. 400 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftTurn left onto No Name Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shangri La Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left onto Protector Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miPass Cougar Pass.
  23. 450 ftTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftSharp right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miBear left onto Ring Road Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.4 miReach Pickering Multiple Use Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 0.4 miBear right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miSharp left onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading N.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miTurn right onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
  40. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading NE.
  41. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NW.
  42. 0.3 miBear right onto Protector Trail, heading E.
  43. 0.3 miTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading E.
  44. 0.3 miContinue straight onto No Name Trail, heading NE.
  45. 0.2 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NE.
  46. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading NE.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  48. 400 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading SE.
  49. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading N.
  50. 0.5 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading NE.
  51. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  52. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  53. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading SE.
  54. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  55. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  56. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  57. 0.2 miTurn left onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
  58. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  59. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  60. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  61. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  62. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/coal-creek-falls-de-leo-wall-viewpoint-out-back-3-saddles-25-km-5d34

Trail surface

34% paved22% dirt5% boardwalk39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 42 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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