Washington

Snoqualmie Valley Trail

in Washington · centroid 22 mi from Seattle

The Snoqualmie Valley Trail occupies the historic path of a spur line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad. The trail is King County's longest and perhaps most majestic trail, paralleling the Snoqualmie River for more than 31 miles fr

Snoqualmie Valley Trail
Photo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Network
National (nwn)
Reference
SVT
Centroid nearest city
Seattle, WA · 22 mi · ~40 min drive
Centroid coords
47.5897°, -121.8578°
OSM relation
1887631
From Wikipedia: The Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail is a rail trail in King County, Washington. The 29-mile (47 km) trail follows a portion of the former alignment of the Milwaukee Road, which was constructed in 1911 and abandoned in 1973. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plan your hike

Practical notes

Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.

Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.

When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.

If you've hiked Snoqualmie Valley Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.

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Sources

Public data + curation

Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.