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Fred's Railroad Trail–Harvey Manning Trail, 9 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Cougar Hills, WA. The route reaches Cougar Pass. It climbs 510 ft. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,175 – 1,424 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shangri La Trail 47.54099, -122.09620
Nearest town Cougar Hills, WA

Directions

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Fred's Railroad Trail–Harvey Manning Trail, 9 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 510 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 1,174–1,424 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: Shangri La Trail · 47.54099, -122.09620

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:53 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shangri La Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 300 ftTurn right onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading W.
  5. 150 ftTurn left onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miPass Cougar Pass.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shy Bear Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miBear right onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading S.
  15. 50 ftSharp right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto Ring Road Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miReach Tibbetts Marsh Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.4 miBear right onto Long View Peak Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miSharp left onto Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Shy Bear Trail, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Fred's Railroad Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.6 miBear left onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading N.
  29. 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading N.
  31. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 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

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:53 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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