Bullitt Gorge Trail–Fred's Railroad Trail, 6 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Coal Creek, WA. It climbs 3,715 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi456 – 1,818 ft · steepest grade: 25%14.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.53336, -122.11332
Nearest town Coal Creek, WA
Directions
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Bullitt Gorge Trail–Fred's Railroad Trail, 6 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 3,715 ft · 6 hr 25 min
Elevation 457–1,819 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.53336, -122.11332
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cave Hole Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Squak Mountain Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto West Access Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto West Access Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Bullitt Gorge Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left onto May Valley Loop, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Fred's Railroad Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn left onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto West Access Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bullitt Fireplace Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto West Access Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Wilderness Cliffs Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bypass Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cave Hole Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Old Man's Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
62% dirt1% gravel37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:55 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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