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Margaret's Way

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 3.9 (16)
  1. Areas
  2. WA
  3. …Seattle and Puget Sound
  4. …Issaquah
  5. Squak Mountain State Park
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“Connect Hwy 900 to Squak Mountain on this relentlessly switchbacking trail. ”

Tom Robson
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3.3

Miles

5.2

KM

Point to Point

1,756' 535 m

High

380' 116 m

Low

1,495' 456 m

Up

119' 36 m

Down

9%

Avg Grade (5°)

23%

Max Grade (13°)

Dogs Unknown

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)

Jul 10, 2025: Trip reports do more than you think: 3 case studies

Jul 10, 2025: Hiker Headlines: Staircase Rapids, Mount Rose and more closed due to fires; North Shore Road closure, free day

Jul 9, 2025: techfortrails

Land Manager: King County, WA - Parks and Recreation

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Tom Robson
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Trail Ratings

  3.9 from 16 votes

#3

in Squak Mountain State Park

#8519

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  3.9 from 16 votes
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Trail Rankings

#3

in Squak Mountain State Park

#372

in Washington

#8,519

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Dense forest is the name of the game on Margaret's Way.
Jun 27, 2016 near East Re…, WA
A sample of the well-built Margaret's Way Trail.
Jun 27, 2016 near East Re…, WA
Back to the birch wood.
Apr 12, 2019 near East Re…, WA
One of the only viewpoints off of Margaret's Way.
Jun 27, 2016 near East Re…, WA
Colorful flora a little bit in advance of Autumn.
Aug 4, 2018 near East Re…, WA

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