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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Lost Beagle Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak).
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Harvey Manning Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail Old Steep Ridge Route, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- 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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More from this trailhead
- Rainier Greenway Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Rainier Greenway Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Rainier Greenway Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Rainier Greenway Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Rainier Trail via Rainier Greenway Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Lake Sammamish–Lake Sammamish State Park Beach, 6 sights 5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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