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    What a nice lake Moonshine Lake is. All the outdoors enjoyable stuff in the Northern Cascade Range will keep you coming back persistently. While you're here at Moonshine Lake you can take a hike along the Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, and dry warm beds await you at Suncadia Resort. Moonshine Lake is one of the lakes here in the Northern Cascade Range. This lake is so wonderful. Camping at Scatter Creek Campground is always a great experience, and you can run the  
   rapids of Waptus River.
If you need a location to stay Stewart Lodge is a great choice, and you can have a magnificent hiking adventure along the Lake Michael Trail. Moonshine Lake is a pretty wet place regularly with a good deal of rainfall; January is when you get the most snow here while July is generally the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. Really great skiing awaits you at Stephens Pass; why not take a little visit to Scatter Creek since you're
 
               here.
Going for a hike along the Davis Peak Lookout Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this area, and Goat Mountain is a peak you can catch a sight of from Moonshine Lake. There's no such thing as a bad day of skiing at nearby Snoqualmie. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy the Northern Cascade Range. Lakes? Sure, Michael Lake is around here; if you came to camp Fish Lake Campground is a pleasant site to do that.
The warmest time of the year at Moonshine Lake comes with high temperatures in the 60's. Throughout the moonlight hours it's mostly in the 40's. The cold days of the winter come with highs in the 20's, and overnight lows in the 10's for Moonshine Lake. What a place this is for outdoors folks. There are other places here than Moonshine Lake, for example Tucquala Lake, and get your heart pumping on the wonderful whitewater of Cle Elum River.

 
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Current weather conditions at Moonshine Lake, Northern Cascade Range, Kittitas County, Washington
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Local climate location: STEVENS PASS 3 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 47.49806
Longitude: -121.0819

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These outdoors activities are available near Moonshine Lake.
 Hotels Near Moonshine Lake:
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, 15 miles away
Stewart Lodge, Cle Elum, 17 miles away
Best Western Snowcap Lodge, Cle Elum, 17 miles away
Best Western Icicle Inn, Leavenworth, 29 miles away
Quality Inn & Suites, Leavenworth, 29 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Moonshine Lake:
Fish Lake Campground, Kittitas County, 1 miles away
Scatter Creek Campground, Kitsap County, 2 miles away
Tucquala Meadow Campground, Kittitas County, 2 miles away
Hour Creek Campground, Kittitas County, 4 miles away
 Hiking Trails Near Moonshine Lake:
Lake Michael Trail, Kittitas County, 1 miles away
       20 hiking miles, 2568 feet elevation difference
Davis Peak Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 3 miles away
       7.4 hiking miles, 4439 feet elevation difference
Jolly Mountain Lookout Trail, Kittitas County, 5 miles away
       10.4 hiking miles, 4410 feet elevation difference
 Ski Areas Near Moonshine Lake:
Stephens Pass, Washington, 18 miles away
      1800 vertical feet
Snoqualmie, Washington, 23 miles away
      1100 vertical feet
Alpental, Washington, 24 miles away
      2280 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Moonshine Lake:
Cle Elum River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 3 miles away
      Class IV-V - 8.5 miles long (Scatter Creek to Salmon La Sac Creek)
Waptus River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 4 miles away
      Class II-III+(IV) - 4 miles long (Waptus Lake trail to Salmon La Sac)
Cooper River, Kittitas CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class IV-V - 1.5 miles long (Waterfall to Cle Elum River)
 Lakes Near Moonshine Lake:
Michael Lake, Kittitas CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Tucquala Lake, Kittitas CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Tucquala Lake
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This ''Lake'' Is Beautiful. It really isn't a lake at all, in the summer it is a widening of the river. Very slow moving river, more like a slough, it is very clean, clear, and cold, mountain runoff. The fishing is excellent from a small boat or float tube, although the current can be somewhat strong. I fly fished, using a #14 Adams, and caught 11 rainbow and cutthroat trout between 6 & 11'', in the early to mid evening. This was in July of 2008. Camping was good, small sites along the main road. Keep your food in the cars though as Bears are definitely out....

Fish Lake Campground
Watch for grizzly. Esp. early spring and fall....

Davis Peak Lookout Trail
I  hated hiking it but the things I saw were amazing!!!!!...

Wish Poosh Campground
10 miles away
We overnighted at this campsite a couple of weekends ago. The camp hosts were wonderful, they were informative and kept the grounds and the bathrooms spic-n-span clean. They were always in their golf cart putting around taking care of this or that. They scolded us for staying the night in a place we weren't supposed to, and I felt bad about that because I knew we shouldn't have stayed there but my partner insisted and it was his birthday. I knew they were just keeping order at the campground they were in charge of, and I appreciated that. Keep up the good work!...

Bonnie Lake
13 miles away
Bonney lake Is not trained. It is drained in the winter, who ever runs the dam doesn't man it in winter so they let it drain. There was talk that they would not fill it any more....Just heard that Bonnie Lake is drained in the winter and then refilled in the Spring. Can you tell me why?...

Stephens Pass
18 miles away
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Stevens has a wide diversity of trails and runs that suits every riding style. From beginner to expert and for those terrain park junkies Stevens has you covered. I think what's special about Stevens is you can find your own little part of the mountain which is all yours, I have 4-5 little runs that cross between trails and off-piste that are all mine. Also the snow is crazy good, powder almost all the time. My favorite runs are Orion, some tree skiing near wall street, and right above the power lines. Stevens also has some pretty sweet out of bounds stuff to so check it out...

Snoqualmie
23 miles away
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From the steep and deep to the high-speed buffed-out cruisers, from our gentle learning areas to our benchmark parks and pipe, diversity is a way of life around here. With four unique base areas and less than an hour from Seattle on Interstate 90, no other resort in the country offers so much variety with this much convenience. Consider it a buffet for the outdoor enthusiast!
For the third year in a row, we stayed open longer than any other resort in the state, this season through Memorial Day. What can we say? We love spring skiing as much as you do!
So if you're looking for a true escape this winter, look no further than The Summit.
Just around the corner...
...A MILLION MILES AWAY!...

Alpental
24 miles away
Really good gets tons of snow but almost always wet has some very steep runs which are great and has some cliffs that are my size and some so i can learn...

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