Lake Desire–Echo Quarry Trail, 4 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Lake Desire–Echo Quarry Trail, 4 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in McGarvey Park Open Space near Maple Valley Heights, WA. The route reaches Lake Desire at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 515 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Desire–Echo Quarry Trail, 4 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 496–698 ft
Out & Back · McGarvey Park Open Space
Trailhead: Powerline Trail · 47.45475, -122.09009
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Powerline Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto McGarvey East Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Echo Quarry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Trillium Way, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Three Lakes Loop North, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Lake Desire, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Trillium Way, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Echo Quarry Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto McGarvey East Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Powerline Trail Trailhead
- Pipeline Trail & Powerline Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- McGarvey West Trail & Powerline Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Echo Quarry Trail–McGarvey East Trail, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 489 ft
- Echo Quarry Trail–McGarvey East Trail, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 628 ft
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