Coal Creek

Bellevue’s Coal Creek Trail runs southeast from 119th Ave SE (near Coal Creek Parkway at I-405 exit 10) to the Red Town trailhead in Cougar Mountain Park. The trail follows the creek’s heavily wooded valley, crossing footbridges and small ridges. It ascends the south slope, descends to Coal Creek Parkway, and follows the creek under the Parkway to the Red Cedar Trailhead (parking, bench, map kiosk). It continues past access trails (from Forest Drive, Newcastle Commons, YMCA) to an old railroad grade, then past waterfalls, abandoned coal mines, and historic sites to Red Town in Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.