Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Long View Peak–China Creek Open Space, 9 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,934 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Long View Peak–China Creek Open Space, 9 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Newcastle, WA. The route passes China Creek Open Space, De Leo Wall Viewpoint and Far Country Lookout before reaching Long View Peak at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,934 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long View Peak–China Creek Open Space, 9 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,934 ft · 3 hr 44 min
Elevation 472–1,394 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Cross Town Trail · 47.53259, -122.16032
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 79th Pl stop 198 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cross Town Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass China Creek Open Space.
- 1 miPass De Leo Wall Viewpoint.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Viewpoint #2 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto De Leo Wall Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Indian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Far Country Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Far Country Lookout.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Shy Bear Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Deceiver Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Long View Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Deceiver Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Far Country Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto De Leo Wall Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Viewpoint #2 Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cross Town Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 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 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:56 PM for the 8:41 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Coal Creek Pkwy SE & SE 79th Pl stop 198 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Cross Town Trail Trailhead
- Marshall's Hill–China Creek Open Space, 3 groves 2.9 mi · ▲ 695 ft
- China Creek Open Space–De Leo Wall Viewpoint, 6 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,123 ft
- Coal Creek Natural Area–China Creek Open Space, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 944 ft
- Doughty Falls–China Creek Open Space, 9 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,674 ft
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