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Margaret's Viewpoint–Fred's Railroad Trail, 8 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Cougar/Squak Corridor near Coal Creek, WA. The route reaches Margaret's Viewpoint. It climbs 3,679 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 1,759 ft · steepest grade: 23%15.1 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Margaret's Viewpoint–Fred's Railroad Trail, 8 sights

14.4 mi · ▲ 3,679 ft · 6 hr 38 min

Elevation 457–1,759 ft

Out & Back · Cougar/Squak Corridor

Trailhead: 47.53336, -122.11332

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 71°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:40 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 S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cave Hole Trail, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.9 miBear left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
  13. 350 ftTurn right onto Squak Mountain Connector Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.8 miBear right onto West Access Trail, heading S.
  15. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading S.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto West Access Trail, heading S.
  17. 250 ftBear right onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Chybinski Loop, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Margaret's Way, heading SW.
  20. 2 miPass Margaret's Viewpoint.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Madrona, heading N.
  23. 150 ftReach Margaret's Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 150 ftTurn right onto Highland Drive, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miSharp right onto Margaret's Way, heading SW.
  26. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  27. 2 miTurn right onto Chybinski Loop, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading SE.
  29. 0.3 miBear left onto West Access Trail, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading N.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto West Access Trail, heading N.
  32. 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  33. 0.8 miTurn left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading NW.
  34. 350 ftBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading W.
  35. 0.9 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NW.
  36. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading NW.
  40. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading N.
  41. 350 ftContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading N.
  42. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  43. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  44. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

34% dirt30% gravel36% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 71°F48°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity71%
Hourly temperature
75°45°
Sunrise 5:51 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue 79°57°
Wed 86°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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