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Tollgate Farm

Rainbow Lake & Tollgate Trail via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Rainbow Lake & Tollgate Trail via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Tollgate Farm near North Bend, WA. The route reaches Rainbow Lake at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 815 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi427 – 935 ft · steepest grade: 27%14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tollgate Trail 47.50287, -121.79864
Nearest town North Bend, WA
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Directions

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Rainbow Lake & Tollgate Trail via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

14.4 mi · ▲ 815 ft · 5 hr 12 min

Elevation 426–936 ft

Out & Back · Tollgate Farm

Trailhead: Tollgate Trail · 47.50287, -121.79864

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 75°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:40 PM

Transit-accessible: NW 14th St & Boalch Ave NW stop 360 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Tollgate Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftTurn left onto Tollgate Farm Park Trail Extension, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading N.
  5. 3.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftReach Rainbow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
  18. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 3.9 miSharp left onto Tollgate Farm Park Trail Extension, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tollgate Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/meadowbrook-slough-meadowbrook-slough-out-back-25-km

Trail surface

78% gravel22% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 75°F52°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity76%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue 84°56°
Wed 90°60°
Thu 90°62°
Fri 83°54°
Sat 81°54°
Sun 82°54°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: NW 14th St & Boalch Ave NW stop 360 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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