Snow Lake (King County, Washington)

Snow Lake is located in King County, Washington. The lake is the "most visited lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness."[1] The lake is also stocked with rainbow trout for fishing.[2]

Snow Lake
Snow Lake from eastern shore
(Mount Roosevelt centered)
Snow Lake
Snow Lake
LocationKing County, Washington
Coordinates47°28′1″N 121°27′20″W
Primary inflowsRock Creek (from Gem Lake)
Primary outflowsRock Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area152.9 acres (61.9 ha)
Surface elevation4,019 ft (1,225 m)
Islands0

Climate

Snow Lake has a hemiboreal climate.[3] The average temperature is 3° C. The warmest month is August, with an average temperature of 15° C, and the coldest month is January, at an average of −6° C.[4] The average rainfall is 1,687 millimeters per year. The wettest month is December, with 247 millimeters of rain, and the least in July, with 33 millimeters of rain.

  • Snow Lake Trail map
  • View from the trail on the way to the lake
  • The lake in July 2020

References
  1. Snow Lake Trail at Washington Trails Association.
  2. Fish Stocking for Snow Lake at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife site.
  3. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L. "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1639–1640. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 19 March 2021.


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