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Tokul Creek Forest

Beaver Pond via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Beaver Pond via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Tokul Creek Forest near Snoqualmie, WA. It climbs 560 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 554 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.54312, -121.83423
Nearest town Snoqualmie, WA
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Beaver Pond via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

10.1 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 266–553 ft

Out & Back · Tokul Creek Forest

Trailhead: 47.54312, -121.83423

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:11 PM

Transit-accessible: SE Fall City-Snoqualmie Rd & Tokul Rd stop 172 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NE.
  6. 3.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Pond, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Pond (old), heading NW.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Pond, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Pond (old), heading NE.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Beaver Pond, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading NE.
  14. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 3.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-pond-out-back-15-km-c935

Trail surface

82% gravel1% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 4:57 PM for the 7:11 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: SE Fall City-Snoqualmie Rd & Tokul Rd stop 172 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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