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Tibbett's Marsh

Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain
 47.5411, -122.0962 Map & Directions
Length
0.9 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain
200 feet
Highest Point
1,400 feet
Calculated Difficulty About Calculated Difficulty
Easy
A big cedar on Cougar Mountain. Photo by AKorn. Full-size image
  • Wildlife
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage

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The Tibbett's Marsh Trail runs through the northern reaches of Cougar Mountain. Continue reading

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Hiking Tibbett's Marsh

Start from the Harvey Manning Trailhead, taking the Shangri La Trail to start. After about 0.1 mile you’ll come to the junction for the Tibbett’s Marsh Trail. Turn right here, go for a few hundred feet, then turn left for 0.4 mile.

At the next junction with the Protector Trail, stay right for 0.1 mile. Here you will reach yet another junction. Stay right here as well and the trail will cross over Tibbett’s creek before arriving at the final junction with the Cougar Pass Trail. Stay left here and 0.2 mile later you’ll arrive at the Clay Pit Road, the official end of this trail. Head back the way you came or turn left to check out the old clay pit, then loop back on a different trail.

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Tibbett's Marsh

Map & Directions

Trailhead
Co-ordinates: 47.5411, -122.0962 Open in Google Maps

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WTA Pro Tip: Save a copy of our directions before you leave! App-based driving directions aren't always accurate and data connections may be unreliable as you drive to the trailhead.

Getting There

From I-90, take Exit 13 and drive south on Lakemont Blvd SE for two and a half miles. Turn left onto SE Cougar Mountain Way and follow the double yellow line. As you drive, the road takes a left, becoming 168th Place SE and then right to become SE 60th Street. Turn off 60th St uphill onto the dead-end road, SE Cougar Mountain Drive. The road will change to gravel, and at the end is the trailhead.

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Trailhead

Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain

Tibbett's Marsh (#COUGAR-N9)

King County Parks

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