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Margaret's Way

 4.0 (8)
  1. Areas
  2. WA
  3. …Seattle and Puget Sound
  4. …Issaquah
  5. Squak Mountain State Park
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Length


3.0 Miles 4.8 Kilometers


1,526' 465 m

Ascent

-138' -42 m

Descent

11%

Avg Grade (6°)

35%

Max Grade (19°)

1,759' 536 m

High

371' 113 m

Low

Shared By Tom Robson

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“Connect Hwy 900 to Squak Mountain on this relentlessly switchbacking trail.”

— Tom Robson
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Dogs Unknown

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Description

Named after Margaret MacLeod, a park planner who helped to preserve hundreds of acres of land in this area. You'll be almost immediately immersed in the land she protected as this trail meanders steeply uphill through dense forest and past rushing streams.

It first starts by using a mix of newly built singletrack and forest roads that once filled this mountain. The roads are now long decommissioned and are being reclaimed by this rapidly changing forest.

Flora & Fauna

Bigleaf Maple, Cedar, Western Hemlock, and Douglas-fir.

Contacts

Local Club: Washington Trails Association - WTA

Nov 9, 2018: Better Data. Better Trails.

Nov 9, 2018: Online Passes Now Available for Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks

Nov 8, 2018: From Passion to Profession

Land Manager: King County, WA - Parks and Recreation

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Aug 3, 2018
Darren Moss
3.1mi — 1h 32m
Mar 24, 2018
Ross Amkraut
Mar 24, 2018
Wim Gates
Dec 6, 2017
Linda Chrappova
Walked all the way to Debbie’s View - view of Newcastle, Renton and of course —> gorgeous Mount Rainier on a horizon 3.5mi
Jul 23, 2017
V F
Jun 11, 2017
Janelle Azucena
Jun 3, 2017
Tingwei Chang
10:00 depart 11:35 Debbie's view 12:15 head back 1:40 parking 5.5mi
Mar 19, 2017
Yajaira Carrasquel
Good for dogs and trail running. No views bu great forest trail.

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Stewarded by Washington Trails Association - WTA
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Trail Ratings

  4.0 from 8 votes

#2

in Squak Mountain State Park

#5981

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#2

in Squak Mountain State Park

#305

in Washington

#5,981

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A sample of the well-built Margaret's Way Trail.
A sample of the well-built Margaret's Way Trail.
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In death comes new life, as displayed by this nurse log.
In death comes new life, as displayed by this n…
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Dense forest is the name of the game on Margaret's Way.
Dense forest is the name of the game on Margare…
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One of the only viewpoints off of Margaret's Way.
One of the only viewpoints off of Margaret's Way.
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Colorful flora a little bit in advance of Autumn.
Colorful flora a little bit in advance of Autumn.
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