Doughty Falls & Doughty Falls Viewpoint via Shy Bear Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. The route passes Doughty Falls Viewpoint before reaching Doughty Falls at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 657 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,004 – 1,289 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Clay Pit Road 47.53376, -122.11297
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA
Directions
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Doughty Falls & Doughty Falls Viewpoint via Shy Bear Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 1,005–1,290 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Clay Pit Road · 47.53376, -122.11297
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cave Hole Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Deceiver Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Doughty Falls Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Doughty Falls Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach Doughty Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Deceiver Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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
64% dirt4% gravel32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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