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Cougar, Washington, United States Post Office, March 2020Photo: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outdoors in Cougar

Few parks or trails are on the map in Cougar

35 acres are parks and preserves, 234 per 1,000 residents. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Cougar, 2.6 per square mile of land. 76% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
1 acre · of 0.6 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
2.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
234 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
76%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Cougar Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Cougar Park

Managed by PacifiCorp
35 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it

1 conserved acres

under 1% of Cougar’s land. Who manages Cougar’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County1 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Loth198
Local Other or Unknown
County1Unknown
Things to do

1 places to go in Cougar

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Cougar

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

When to get out

The best walking months in Cougar: May to September

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.010.311.813.514.915.715.414.112.510.89.48.7
High (°F)444752576570787872594943
Rain (in)14.010.410.68.04.93.71.01.33.79.214.615.2

July is the driest month (1.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 78 °F). 15.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Cougar →

Questions about parks and trails in Cougar

Where can I hike in Cougar?

The longest trail networks: Cougar Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Cougar’s trails?

Cougar Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Cougar?

71,165 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cougar or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 39 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Cougar neighbors.

Town Square →
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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →