Clay Pit Pond–Jerry's Duckpond, 7 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Cougar Hills, WA. The route passes Jerry's Duckpond, Clay Pit Pond and Cougar Pass. It climbs 378 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Clay Pit Pond–Jerry's Duckpond, 7 sights
2.9 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 1,221–1,472 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: Shangri La Trail · 47.54099, -122.09620
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 70°F / low 47° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Shangri La Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Jerry's Duckpond.
- 200 ftBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Clay Pit Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftPass Cougar Pass.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Shangri La Trail Trailhead
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