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Tiger Mountain in Washington State ( USA ) is a range of six Peaks in the center of the Issaquah Alps forming a 13,500 acre triangle between I-90 on the north, the Issaquah-Hobart Road on the southwest, and SR-18 on the southeast. It was established as a Washington State Forest in 1981 . In 1989 the entire Issaquah Plateau in the northwest corner was designated the '''West Tiger Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Area ''', accessed by a large Trailhead at Exit 20 on I-90 . This is the most popular Hiking destination in the entire Seattle area. The most crowded trail leads to the bald and Hang Gliders . State Route 18 bypasses the congested highways of the metro Seattle area. It reaches an elevation of 1375 feet between Tiger and Taylor Mountain, where another major trailhead is located. This provides access to South Tiger Mountain with no views, '''Middle Tiger Mountain''' with a 45 degree window looking down on the Cedar Hills Garbage Dump, and '''East Tiger Mountain''' with a panoramic view south toward Mount Rainier . Many trails on Tiger Mountain have wide beds and slope very gently, for they are built on the remnants of 1920s logging railroads, long after the rails and crossties were salvaged in the Great Depression . Near Middle Tiger Mountain are the artifacts of a fatal 1924 train wreck. In the most remote part of the Forest , 15 Mile Creek arises in the pass between East and West Tiger and carves a miniature " Grand Canyon " through Sandstone . NAMED SUMMITS
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