Granite Lakes

"Granite Creek Trailhead, NF-5600, North Bend. The Middle Fork Snoqualmie is a veritable hiker’s buffet, with a multitude of options accessed by a paved road and spacious trailheads — not that they don’t fill up on busy days. Try the Granite Creek Trailhead, the next right-hand-side trailhead farther up the road from immensely popular Mailbox Peak, for an 8.8-mile round-trip hike to Granite Lakes. Camping is not permitted here, but if you push 2.1 more miles to Thompson Lake, you’ll be in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, where you can pitch a tent. Note this hike starts on Washington Department of Natural Resources land, so you need a state Discover Pass ($30 annually) rather than the federal public lands passes described above."