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Location: SMC Lake

Elevation: 3,702 feet (approx 1,128 meters)
State: Washington State
County: King County
In Area: North Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
USGS Quad: Mount Si
UTM: 10T 601146E 5266287N (NAD27)

Trip Reports and References

Name origin

Mountains to Sound Greenway, volume 11, number 1 describes the origin of SMC Lake's name:
There is proof that SMC stands for Special Meandering Corner. The King County Archives has the original land survey notes dated July and August 1902. The notes are as John Taylor, a former Weyerhaeuser employee from a family of North Bend pioneers, remembered from almost 35 years ago: The original survey crew established a Special Meandering Corner on the lake shore. In this case the crew chief inscribed S.M.C. on a rock 18" 14" 5" was 12" the ground and referenced it with two Bearing Trees (BT's) each likewise inscribed with S.M.C.

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.

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