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Lake Margaret is a beautiful lake in the Olympic Mountains. Man, is there lots of entertaining things to do in the Olympic Mountains. After a long day outdoors Quality Inn Uptown is a splendid place to spend a night or two, and Lake Margaret is not the only location close by, Martins Lakes is a close by lake. So many exciting things to do here in the Olympic Mountains, too great to be true. You'll need more than a day to look at everything Lake Margaret has
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| | to offer, you can camp at Graves Creek Campground; on a beautiful day you obtain a good vista of Mount Christie from Lake Margaret. A splendid place for whitewater paddling close to Lake Margaret is Quinault River - North Fork, and on a great day you can take a hike along the Elwha River Trail. So many exciting things to do at Lake Margaret, so little time. The Skyline Trail is a pleasant hiking trail near Lake Margaret, and what would winter be without | |
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some skiing at Hurricane Ridge Ski Lodge. This spot is great, just look at all the entertaining things to do in the neighborhood of Lake Margaret. If you need a location to stay Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles is a good choice. If
you get bored of Lake Margaret, you could also explore nearby Lake Mary, and nearby you hit upon the Long Ridge Trail which is a splendid hiking trail. This lake is so wonderful. Elwha Basin is a magnificent spot; Olympic National
Park is a great local destination. Lake Margaret gets much water; December is when you get the most rain here; July meanwhile is the driest month. Low Divide is a tremendous place to explore, and in the event that you don’t have
a problem getting drenched, you can always go whitewater paddling on Quinault River. This lake is so wonderful. Some nearby water includes Delabarre Creek. There's so much to do here at Lake Margaret that you need to camp here for
a while, Wynoochee Falls Campground is a splendid spot for that. Summer at Lake Margaret comes with high temperatures in the 70's. During the dark hours of summer temperatures dip down into the 50's. Highs during the winter are ordinarily in the 40's with winter lows in the 30's overnight here at Lake Margaret.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 47.72389 Longitude: -123.5494
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| These outdoors activities are available near Lake Margaret. |
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Elwha River Trail, Clallam County, 6 miles away 64 hiking miles, 4020 feet elevation difference |
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Skyline Trail, Jefferson County, 7 miles away 52.4 hiking miles, 5309 feet elevation difference |
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Long Ridge Trail, Clallam County, 9 miles away 40.2 hiking miles, 5708 feet elevation difference |
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Quinault River, Jefferson CountyCounty, 6 miles away Class IV-V - 3 miles long (Pony Bridge to Graves Creek) |
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Elwha River, Clallam CountyCounty, 11 miles away Class V - 8.5 miles long (Grand Canyon) |
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Lake Mary, Jefferson CountyCounty, 0 miles away |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Hurricane Ridge Ski Lodge
 | 11 miles away It has 2 rope tows and 1 poma lift. It is only open on weekends, a community ski hill.... |
Wynoochee Falls Campground
 | 11 miles away Nothing is left except overgrown roads and a couple of holes where there used to be an outhouse.
The falls are picturesque and were featured in a 1961 movie ''Ring of Fire''
Yes the Elwha River trail is only 18 miles away but that is by trail straight through the heart of the Olympic Mtns. And park. ...Wynoochee Falls campground has been closed and the campground sign, firepits, restroom and tables removed. You?ll have to drive about 15 miles of gravel road to get here. There is a rock pedestal with a missing sign along the Wynoochee road 4 miles NE of the lake near the end of the road. This marks the parking area and access trail down to the falls. The ? mile trail is interrupted with large ditches to discourage access and camping. The waterfall is only about 100 feet high, (maybe less) but very picturesque, with a large clear basin at its base and an outlet scoured through granite rocks.... |
Claywood Lake
 | 13 miles away High alpine lake tucked into valley between Mount Claywood and Mt Fromme. Remains snow covered into mid-July.Best viewed by taking ridge North from Hayden Pass.... |
Pine Lake
 | 14 miles away There is nothing to see at Pine Lake and you have to hike a long ways to reach it.... |
Campbell Tree Grove Campground
 | 14 miles away (?)Campbell Tree Grove is a small but beautiful, seldom visited primitive campground.? Its attraction is the immense old growth conifers that are unusually large among the other giants in this Olympic Rain Forest region.? (?)... |
Happy Lake Ridge Trail
 | 15 miles away I don't think it is as difficult as you say. The trail is well defined, and as a day hike last weekend it took less than 6 hours to do the loop from happy lake trailhead, around boulder lake, past the hot springs and back to my car.... |
Coho Campground
 | 15 miles away Nice. Good car-camping family place. (…)...As of August 2008, Wynoochee Valley Road (NFD 22) is closed for 13 miles starting at the intersection with Cougar-Smith north to Camp Grisdale every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We got stuck at the intersection for 3? hours on Thursday, August 7, as the road didn't open until 6:30 p.m. Rumor is that the paving work and road closures will continue for the next two years....WHEN YOU TAKE THE HIKE AROUND THE LAKE BE SURE YOU TAKE WATER AND FOOD. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BUT 12 MILES AND 6 HRS. TO COMPLETE. ENJOY !!!... |
Lilly Lake
 | 16 miles away lilly lake has a nice area to camp amd you can go swimming, have a nice nature hike, see a lot of different animals like birds,deer,beavers and squrels.And dont forget bug repelant, there are lots of bugs.You might see other people on the trails and mabye at the lake. You can ride horses up to lilly lake or hike with a friend or dog. Just have fun.... |
Wynoochee Lake
 | 16 miles away This is the greatest place in the world i have been coming here since i was little!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...This is the best lake in Washington by far! My husband and I have been coming here for the last fourteen years and love it!!!... |
Elwha Dam RV Park
 | 17 miles away Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery...TENT:We have 25 great rustic tent sites. You can choose to be under the timber, surounded by trees, or in a meadow. We border the Olympic National Park and have big trees, open grassy areas and lots of peace and quiet., RV:40 full hookup sites, 30 and 50 amp RV sites with great wi-fi at each site. Horseshoes, volleyball, basketball and a play area for children are avalible for your pleasure. A laundry, hot showers and sparkling clean restrooms are on site., - 40 RV hookups, PETS:All pets are welcome but must be leashed any time they are outside the RV, FIRES:Most RV sites have campfire rings, and all tent sites have campfire rings, STORE:We have enough groceries to help you prepare a meal after hiking or kayaking our beautiful area. We also sell propane and ice cream., GROCERY:We are only 5 miles from Safeway and Albertsons, GAMEROOM:We have a covered picnic pavilion with water & electricity avalible... |
Mildred Lakes
 | 18 miles away Wonderful lakes well worth the tough climb. All three lakes have excellent trout fishing.... |
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