Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park — Attraction in Issaquah

This trailhead has an ample parking lot as well as an equestrian lot. As I set out to find new mushrooms and fungi throughout this network of trails. I never would have imagined to find Laccaria Amethystina!! What a gorgeous mushroom! Never would have imagined to find such a regal purple! And to think that these are supposed to be very common. Just goes to show how fungi can be...

I love this park. My dog and I go here almost everyday, and always find ways to explore and keep it interesting. The trails are short from a naming standpoint, but you can string them together anyway you want to make trails as long as you want them. Often we walk several miles without seeing another person, or maybe one or two. It’s easy to find yourself in...

Great park! Miles and miles of tails for running or hiking. Coal creek falls is a great spot as well as the clay pits. Theres also an air ventilation shaft from an...