Dream Lake (Washington)
Dream Lake is a freshwater lake located on the southern slope of Dog Mountain in King County, Washington, United States. It is west of Otter Lake, part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Big Creek, a tributary to the Taylor River, exits Dream Lake into a canyon that produces Big Creek Falls. Because of its proximity to Dog Mountain summit and the cirque of Rooster Mountain to the west, the lake is a popular area for hiking, swimming, and fishing and rainbow trout. Access to Dream Lake is provided through an unmaintained access trail that splits off the Snoqualmie Lake Trail.
A short distance west of Dream Lake is a short side trail that branches off Taylor River Trail, shortly after the crossing of Otter Creek, that leads to Otter Falls, a snow-driven waterfall which drops directly into Lipsy Lake. Marten Lake is further west past Otter Falls.
See also
References
- ^ "Dream". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dream Lake
- ^ Barnes, Jeremy and Nathan (2019). Alpine Lakes Wilderness: The Complete Hiking Guide. The Mountaineers Books. p. Section 8: Otter Falls and Big Creek Falls. ISBN 1680510789.
- ^ "Taylor River". Mountaineers.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ Spring, Ira (2002). Northwest Washington: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. p. 170. ISBN 0898868750.