Tennant Trailhead Park via Rattlesnake Mountain Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 3,423 ft · 4 hr 39 min
Tennant Trailhead Park via Rattlesnake Mountain Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Raging River State Forest near Snoqualmie, WA. The route reaches Tennant Trailhead Park at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 3,423 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tennant Trailhead Park via Rattlesnake Mountain Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 3,423 ft · 4 hr 39 min
Elevation 545–2,343 ft
Out & Back · Raging River State Forest
Trailhead: 47.51199, -121.86018
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 72°F / low 49° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:40 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Coal Train, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Snoozin' Susan, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Tennant Trailhead Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Rattlesnake Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Coal Train, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 8:01 PM for the 8:40 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM — 5 min before dark.
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