Little Creek Trail & Radio Peak Trail via Coyote Creek Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. It climbs 586 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Little Creek Trail & Radio Peak Trail via Coyote Creek Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 586 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 851–1,454 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Radio Peak Trail · 47.54147, -122.10951
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 71°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
- Start on Radio Peak Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Clay Pit Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Old Man's Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Sky Country Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Military Road Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Little Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Radio Peak Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Military Road Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sky Country Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Clay Pit Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Coyote Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Radio Peak Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Radio Peak Trail Trailhead
- Jerry's Duckpond–Cave Hole Trail, 7 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Cave Hole Trail–Coyote Creek Trail, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 595 ft
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