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.
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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
- Start on Meadowbrook Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dike Road Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Snoqualmie Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 4.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Rainbow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 4.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Dike Road Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Meadowbrook Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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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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