Surveyors Lake & Divide Lake is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Snoqualmie Pass, WA. The route passes Divide Lake and Surveyors Lake. It climbs 1,349 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi2,953 – 4,111 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.41043, -121.41271
Nearest town Snoqualmie Pass, WA
Directions
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Surveyors Lake & Divide Lake
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,349 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 2,952–4,112 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.41043, -121.41271
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Central Shuttle Stop stop 10 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Divide Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Surveyors Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Surveyors Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 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
6% gravel1% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:51 AMSunset 7:09 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Central Shuttle Stop stop 10 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Divide Lake & Hyak Lake via Forest Road 9070-110 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,129 ft
- Beaver Lake via Broadway 4 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft
- Tubing Park via Broadway 1 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Lodge Lake–Beaver Lake, 5 lakes 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,830 ft
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