Fish Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington

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     Fish Lake is a beautiful lake in the Northern Cascade Range. Get yourself into a kayak and hit Chinook Creek, and Crag Mountain is easy to spot from Fish Lake. Be careful coming to the Northern Cascade Range, you might not ever want to return home again. Carlton Pass is a tremendous place to explore, and get drenched paddling on Summit Creek.
You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the amusing stuff at Fish Lake. There are good spots to look at along
 
   the Cowlitz Trail, and Fish Lake is a good spot to visit for more than one day, Knuppenburg Lake Campground is a good spot to camp nearby. Fish Lake gets a lot of water; the month of January is the wettest with most of the snow, and July is the month with the least moisture. There's a good forest in the neighborhood of Fish Lake called Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and going for a hike on the Lake Trail is always a great adventure.
This lake is so wonderful.
 
               Soda Springs Campground is a nice campground nearby, and lakes are such peaceful places, why not go to Crag Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Buck Lake is a magnificent lake close to Fish Lake; Crystal Mountain is a perfect local ski area. During the warmest time of the year here at Fish Lake, high temperatures ordinarily reach the 60's. Throughout the dark hours of summer temperatures plunge down into the 40's. All through the wintertime this place gets highs in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Fish Lake.
That right there is loads of cool stuff already but it goes on, the Northern Cascade Range has it all. If you like skiing, you're in luck; White Pass is near Fish Lake; don't leave Fish Lake without first going for a hike along the Kincaid Trail. A fine nearby hotel is Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit.

 
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass
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Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum
36 miles away
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Current weather conditions at Fish Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Yakima County, Washington
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Local climate location: RAINIER PARADISE R S 13 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 46.76194
Longitude: -121.4308

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 Hotels Near Fish Lake:
Howard Johnson Snoqualmie/Summit, Snoqualmie Pass, 31 miles away
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 36 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 39 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 39 miles away
Kings Valu Inn, Enumclaw, 42 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Fish Lake:
Soda Springs Campground, Lewis County, 4 miles away
Knuppenburg Lake Campground, Lewis County, 6 miles away
White Pass Campground, Yakima County, 6 miles away
Morse Creek Campground, Yakima County, 7 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Fish Lake:
Lake Trail, Lewis County, 2 miles away
       10.8 hiking miles, 1640 feet elevation difference
Cowlitz Trail, Lewis County, 2 miles away
       10.6 hiking miles, 2199 feet elevation difference
Kincaid Trail, Lewis County, 3 miles away
       15 hiking miles, 2899 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Fish Lake:
White Pass, Washington, 7 miles away
      1500 vertical feet
Crystal Mountain, Washington, 9 miles away
      3100 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Fish Lake:
Summit Creek, Lewis CountyCounty, 7 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Soda Springs to Highway 123)
Chinook Creek, Pierce CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class IV-V - 5 miles long (Deer Creek to Cedar Flats)
Cowlitz River - Clear Fork, Lewis CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class V+ - 5 miles long (Lava Creek to La Wis Wis Campground)
 National Parks Near Fish Lake:
Mount Rainier National Park, Ashford - WA, 38 miles away
 Lakes Near Fish Lake:
Buck Lake, Yakima CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Crag Lake, Yakima CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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