Tree at the edge of the Cougar Mountain park - panoramio.jpg
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Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 7 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. The route reaches Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak) at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 1,490 ft · steepest grade: 21%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.53527, -122.04177
Nearest town Issaquah, WA

Directions

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Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak)–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 7 sights

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Elevation 47–1,488 ft

Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: 47.53527, -122.04177

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Transit-accessible: NW Gilman Blvd & Rainier Blvd N stop 535 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  23. 450 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading W.
  27. 150 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading W.
  28. 150 ftSharp right onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftPass Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak).
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 150 ftReach Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.2 miSharp left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading W.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
  34. 150 ftTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading SW.
  35. 0.3 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading W.
  36. 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading E.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  38. 400 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading E.
  39. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading E.
  40. 0.5 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading NE.
  41. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  42. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading SE.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  45. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  46. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  47. 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
  48. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
  49. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  50. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  51. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  52. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  53. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  56. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  58. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  59. 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

47% paved22% dirt7% boardwalk2% gravel22% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 77°F52°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue 85°58°
Wed 92°62°
Thu 92°58°
Fri 86°53°
Sat 83°53°
Sun 84°53°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: NW Gilman Blvd & Rainier Blvd N stop 535 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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