Rattlesnake Lake & Christmas Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 1.2-mile out-and-back in Cedar River Municipal Watershed near Cedar Falls, WA. The route passes Christmas Lake before reaching Rattlesnake Lake at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi919 – 978 ft1.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.43510, -121.76658
Nearest town Cedar Falls, WA
Directions
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Rattlesnake Lake & Christmas Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail
1.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 26 min
Elevation 920–977 ft
Out & Back · Cedar River Municipal Watershed
Trailhead: 47.43510, -121.76658
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 73°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Christmas Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Connector, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Rattlesnake Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
60% gravel6% paved2% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 73°F50°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity59%
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:40 PM
Tue
81°56°
Wed
88°62°
Thu
88°61°
Fri
80°53°
Sat
79°53°
Sun
80°53°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Cedar Butte–Rattlesnake Lake, 3 summits 3.5 mi · ▲ 956 ft
- Rattlesnake Ledge–Rattlesnake Ledge Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,134 ft
- Rattlesnake Ledge Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,129 ft
- Rattlesnake Upper Ledge–Rattlesnake Lake, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,421 ft
- Rattlesnake Middle Ledge via Rattlesnake Mountain Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft
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