State: Washington State
County: King County
In Area: North Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
USGS Quad: Mount Si
UTM: 10T 601772E 5267110N (NAD27)
Trip Reports and References
- moosefish.com: SMC and Nadeau Lakes
- Mountains to Sound Greenway: History of Nadeau, Moolock, and SMC Lakes
- yellowleaf.org: Nadeau, Moolock, and SMC Lakes
Driving Directions
Take I-90 E from Seattle. Take exit 31 and set your odometer to zero at the stop sign. Go N on Bendigo Blvd. At 0.7 miles go right on N Bend Way. At 0.8 miles (two blocks) go left on Ballarat Ave N. At 1.3 miles Ballarat Ave N turns into 420 Ave SE, then at 1.5 miles the arterial turns into NE 12th St, then at 2 miles the arterial turns into 428 Ave SE, and finally at 3.8 miles the arterial turns into North Fork Snoqualmie Road SE. At 4.9 miles at a Y (with deadend signs for both forks) go to the left (uphill). At 5.3 miles North Fork Snoqualmie Road SE turns to gravel.North Fork gate 11 (which blocks road 32000) is at a large 4-way intersection 3.5 miles after the North Fork Snoqualmie Road turns into gravel (8.8 miles from I-90). A permit is required to drive past gate 11, see North Fork gate 11 for more.
Park at the 4-way intersection and hike or bike west past the gate.
Maps
- Satellite photo of Lake Moolock: Google Maps
- Online USGS map of Lake Moolock: TerraServer
- USGS quad: Mount Si
Nearby Peaks
- Moolock Mountain (4,965')
- South Bessemer Mountain (5,028')
- Hancock's Comb (4,680'+)
- Bessemer Mountain (5,166')
- Green Mountain (4,824')
- Boomerang Peak (5,185')
- Mount Teneriffe (4,788')
- Dixie Peak (4,606')
- Blowdown Mountain (4,560'+)
- Crater Lake Mountain (4,351')
- Russian Butte (5,123')
- The Pulpit (4,523')
Weather
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