Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 7 sights is a 13.2-mile out-and-back in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park near Issaquah, WA. The route reaches Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 1,604 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.52991, -122.02457
Nearest town Issaquah, WA
Directions
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Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint–Big Tree Ridge Trail, 7 sights
13.2 mi · ▲ 1,604 ft · 5 hr 12 min
Elevation 47–1,444 ft
Out & Back · Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park
Trailhead: 47.52991, -122.02457
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Transit-accessible: E Sunset Way & 6th Ave NE stop 111 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rainier Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Pickering Multiple Use Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sammamish Multiple Use Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn 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.
- 0.1 miPass Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Viewpoint Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Million Dollar View Pergola Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Shangri La Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Surprise Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Cedars Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Big Tree Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Newport Way Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto East Lake Sammamish Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Greenway Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rainier Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Southeast Evans Street, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rainier Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
50% paved18% dirt12% gravel5% boardwalk15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:10 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: E Sunset Way & 6th Ave NE stop 111 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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