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Welcome to Cougar Hills ...

Cougar Hills is located in King County<1>.

Cougar Hills is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cougar Hills lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Cougar Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cougar Hills.

  • Seattle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bellevue
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Renton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Federal Way
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kirkland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Auburn
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Redmond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sammamish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shoreline
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cougar Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cougar Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cougar Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cougar Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cougar Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Cougar Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cougar Hills ...

Looking for more information about Cougar Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cougar Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cougar Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cougar Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.