Best hikes in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area

Ambleway maps 21 hikes in Middle Fork Snoqualmie Natural Resources Conservation Area, from a 2.0-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. 15 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Granite Creek Trail. The biggest climb is Little Bandera Mountain–Winter Block access Viewpoint, 11 viewpoints, gaining 6,815 ft, and the network tops out at 5,561 ft.

• Grouse Ridge way 2 mi · ▲ 175 ft
• Fire Training Academy trail–Mailbox Peak Old Trail, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 873 ft
• Small Loop Trail via Grouse Basin Loop Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 110 ft
• Gifford Creek road 4.7 mi · ▲ 714 ft
• Granite Creek Connector Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 970 ft
• Dirtybox Peak & Mailbox Peak Old Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 4,252 ft
• Granite Creek Trail 6.2 mi · ▲ 2,177 ft
• Little Mason Lake–Mason Lake, 6 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 3,331 ft
• Dirty Harry's Peak–Dirty Harry's Peak Trail, 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 3,013 ft
• Upper Granite Lake & Granite Creek Trail 7.5 mi · ▲ 2,325 ft
• Grouse Basin Loop Path–Grouse Ridge way Loop, 5 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 3,131 ft
• Thompson Lake–Granite Creek Connector Trail, 3 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 4,166 ft
• Winter Block access Viewpoint–Dirty Harry's Peak Viewpoint, 10 lakes 14 mi · ▲ 6,035 ft
• Little Bandera Mountain–Winter Block access Viewpoint, 11 viewpoints 14.2 mi · ▲ 6,815 ft
• Mount Defiance–Thompson Lake, 3 summits 15.5 mi · ▲ 6,044 ft

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• Little Balcony–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 699 ft
• Dirty Harry's Balcony–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 926 ft
• Dirty Harry's Peak Viewpoint & Climbing Access Viewpoint via Climbing Access Loop Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,053 ft
• Dirty Harry's Peak Viewpoint–Ira Spring Connector, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,570 ft
• Dirty Harry's Peak Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,139 ft
• Olallie State Park Viewpoint via Dirty Harry's Peak Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,644 ft