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Klondike Swamp Trail–West Tibbetts Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. The route reaches Cougar Pass. It climbs 425 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,001 – 1,312 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.53336, -122.11332
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA

Directions

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Klondike Swamp Trail–West Tibbetts Creek Trail, 3 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 1,000–1,312 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: 47.53336, -122.11332

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 71°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Clay Pit Road, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading N.
  10. 500 ftPass Cougar Pass.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto West Tibbetts Creek Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miReach Klondike Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right onto Clay Pit Road, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading W.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Clay Pit Road, heading W.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 250 ftSharp right onto Old Man's Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 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

23% gravel15% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 71°F48°
Precip0%Wind8 mphUV7Humidity54%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue 80°57°
Wed 87°61°
Thu 89°53°
Fri 83°49°
Sat 80°49°
Sun 79°49°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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