Dog Mountain–Puppy Dog viewpoint, 5 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Cook, WA. The route passes Puppy Dog viewpoint, Dog Mountain Viewpoint and Dog Mountain. It climbs 2,856 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi115 – 2,953 ft · steepest grade: 32%6.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Augspurger Trail 45.69942, -121.70843
Nearest town Cook, WA · Official trailhead info (fs.usda.gov)
Directions
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Dog Mountain–Puppy Dog viewpoint, 5 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 2,856 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 116–2,951 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Augspurger Trail · 45.69942, -121.70843
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Augspurger Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Old Loggers' Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dog Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Puppy Dog viewpoint.
- 0.4 miPass Dog Mountain Viewpoint.
- 450 ftReach Dog Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Dog-Augspurger Tie Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Augspurger Trail, heading N.
- 2.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
7% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:41 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~89 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Augspurger Trail Trailhead
- Puppy Dog viewpoint & Dog Mountain Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 2,403 ft
- Augspurger Mountain–Puppy Dog viewpoint, 5 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 5,673 ft
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