Snoqualmie Valley Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Snoqualmie Valley Trail is an 8.6-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Hill, WA. It climbs 737 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi118 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 47.61983, -121.90325
Nearest town Pleasant Hill, WA

Directions

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Snoqualmie Valley Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 737 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 117–709 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 47.61983, -121.90325

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:54 AM · sunset 7:09 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto 30370, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

29% gravel71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:54 AMSunset 7:09 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 5:13 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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