Cougar Rock
Cougar Rock rises to 1,148 m in Washington. Mount Rainier stands 4,392 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Ramparts, a cliff 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
summit in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Wikidata Q49022343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1148 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
- 5.8 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO MT RAINIER NAT PARK BOUNDARY
- 11.1 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
- 11.1 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
Overlooks nearby
- Silver Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Sourdough Gap · 17 mi
- South Snoquera Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Peak: 1.3 mi
- Chutla Peak: 1.5 mi
- Satulick Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wahpenayo Peak: 2.1 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Carter Falls: 1.5 mi
- Christine Falls: 1.5 mi
- Madcap Falls: 1.5 mi
- Nahunta Falls: 2.1 mi
- Bloucher Falls: 2.2 mi
- The Ramparts: 0.7 mi
- Basalt Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Kautz Ice Chute: 5.2 mi
- Kautz Ice Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Wilson Headwall: 5.4 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 12.1 mi
- Mineral Lake Access Area: 18.3 mi
- Jack Morris Park: 18.9 mi
- Rocky Point Beach: 19.8 mi
- Cowlitz Falls Campground: 20.9 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Valley View Day Use Area: 15.4 mi
- High Point Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 17.3 mi
- Longmire Museum: 1.2 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 1.2 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 12.4 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 17.3 mi
- Iron Mike Springs: 1.0 mi
- Bum Springs: 8.8 mi
- Log Spring: 15.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 15.6 mi
- Hidden Spring: 23.4 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 1.2 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 4.5 mi
- Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 5.3 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Clay City: 24.2 mi
- The Trident: 10.3 mi
- Coffee Cup: 10.6 mi
- Big Cedar: 11.8 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad: 18.5 mi
- Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 23.8 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Elbe Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Wheel: 15.9 mi
- Recycled Spirit of Iron: 15.9 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 11.5 mi
- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Cougar Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rainier | NNE 19° | 4,392 m | 6.4 mi |
| Columbia Crest | NNE 18° | 4,392 m | 6.4 mi |
| Point Success | NNE 16° | 4,302 m | 5.8 mi |
| Liberty Cap | N 11° | 4,297 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gibraltar Rock | NNE 26° | 3,863 m | 6.2 mi |
| Tahoma Cleaver | N 8° | 3,533 m | 5.4 mi |
| Saint Andrews Rock | N 6° | 3,520 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Tahoma | NE 36° | 3,395 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:18 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:31 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 45 | 36 | 31 |
| Precip in | 11.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmire Rainier NPS, 1 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348178768
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 8 mi
- Eatonville · 23 mi
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