Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
11 mi · ▲ 2,616 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail is an 11-mile out-and-back in Norse Peak Wilderness near Cougar Valley, WA. It climbs 2,616 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Maggie Creek Trail via Pacific Crest Trail
11 mi · ▲ 2,616 ft · 4 hr 58 min
Elevation 3,467–4,874 ft
Out & Back · Norse Peak Wilderness
Trailhead: 47.08416, -121.40386
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 63°F / low 37° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:37 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Maggie Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 4.6 miReach Maggie Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.6 miSharp left onto Pacific Crest Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 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 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 8:03 PM for the 8:37 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Pacific Crest Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Pyramid Peak & Pyramid Peak Trail via Pacific Crest Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,413 ft
- NF-152–NF-153, 3 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Forest Road 1914-789–NF-684, 3 sights 10.2 mi · ▲ 1,362 ft
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