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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.

Elevation

0 mi1,221 – 1,473 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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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

  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. 0.9 miPass Jerry's Duckpond.
  5. 200 ftBear left onto Clay Pit Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miReach Clay Pit Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miSharp right onto Klondike Swamp Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cougar Pass Trail, heading N.
  9. 400 ftPass Cougar Pass.
  10. 250 ftTurn left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miBear left onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 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

39% dirt17% gravel44% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 70°F47°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity59%
Hourly temperature
70°45°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue 79°56°
Wed 86°60°
Thu 88°52°
Fri 82°49°
Sat 80°48°
Sun 79°49°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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