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Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail Loop, 7 sights is a 4.7-mile loop in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Pine Lake, WA. The route reaches Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint. It climbs 1,336 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Tree Ridge Trail 47.54631, -122.07062
Nearest town Pine Lake, WA

Directions

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Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail Loop, 7 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,336 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 102–1,444 ft

Loop · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park

Trailhead: Big Tree Ridge Trail · 47.54631, -122.07062

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:41 PM

Transit-accessible: Newport Way NW & NW Pacific Elm Dr stop 490 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Red Cedars Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Shangri La Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Viewpoint Trail, heading NW.
  8. 150 ftReach Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 350 ftTurn left onto Shangri La Trail, heading NW.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Tibbetts Marsh Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Protector Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Shangri La Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto No Name Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left onto Precipice Top Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Military Ridge Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left onto Precipice Bottom Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading W.
  21. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 77°F51°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:41 PM
Tue 85°58°
Wed 91°61°
Thu 93°57°
Fri 86°53°
Sat 84°52°
Sun 83°53°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Newport Way NW & NW Pacific Elm Dr stop 490 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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