Category: Lakes

Martin Park Lakes

Martins Lake 1

Martins Park is located above the Low Divide between the Elwha and North Fork Quinault Valleys. It is a beautiful area that is protected (somewhat) by the 20 mile or more distance from the trailhead. Above is the view looking south showing Mt Christie and the access trail into the area. Below is another of the lakes (they are collectively called Martins Lakes). Late in the summer, the lakes can provide a very refreshing swimming experience … at least after the water has warmed up some after the snow has melted.

Martins Lake 2
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Lake Mary

Lake Mary

Low Divide is the pass between the North Fork Quinault and Elwha river valleys of the Olympic National Park. The Divide is a large enough area that there are two small lakes (Margaret and Mary) named by the Press Expedition in the 1890’s. There aren’t a lot of folks hanging out by the lake … for one thing, it’s over 17 miles of hiking to get there (and even longer if you hike up the Elwha instead of the N Fork Quinault).

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Lake Chelan — 2 views

Looking down to Lake Chelan

Lake Chelan is fjord-like. It is about 50 miles long (over 81 km) and averages 1.3 miles (2 km) wide. At the upper (north) end the lake lies between mountain ridges that soar up 6600 feet (2000 m). There is a boat that runs from the town of Chelan at the southern end to Stehekin at the north end. It makes a lovely day trip with stops at 25 Mile and Lucerne on the way.

Lake Chelan from the South Shore Road.
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Lake 22 (TwentyTwo)

Lake 22

Lake 22 (TwentyTwo) is located just west of Mt Pilchuck, west of Everett, WA. in the Central Cascade foothills. The area was part of one of the very first ecological studies, in the 1949 book Pilchuck, The Life of a Mountain by Harry Higman and Earl J. Larrison. (Working my way through college in the late ’60’s and early ’70’s, I mowed the lawn and did gardening at Harry Higmans’s widow’s house.) The book is a classic and I’m happy to have a first edition print of it in my library.

This is also the site of my very first backpack trip (August 1962) … and we ended up soaking wet. The image below shows the lake surface a few minutes later from the image above, when it began to pour on us … just a brief summer shower. This time we were prepared and didn’t end up soaked. There is no overnight camping permitted at the lake anymore due to excessive usage and to protect the environment around the lake.

Raindrops in Lake 22

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