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Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Tollgate Farm near North Bend, WA. The route reaches Rainbow Lake at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 818 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 935 ft · steepest grade: 36%15.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Meadowbrook Trail 47.51099, -121.79866
Nearest town North Bend, WA

Directions

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Rainbow Lake via Snoqualmie Valley Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 818 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 421–936 ft

Out & Back · Tollgate Farm

Trailhead: Meadowbrook Trail · 47.51099, -121.79866

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 680 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Meadowbrook Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Dike Road Trail, heading E.
  3. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
  5. 4.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 400 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. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 4.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right onto Dike Road Trail, heading NW.
  23. 450 ftTurn right onto Meadowbrook Trail, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

77% gravel23% 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 680 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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