Dream Lake (Washington)

Dream Lake
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Location	King County, Washington, United States
Coordinates	47.60°N 121.4367°W / 47.60; -121.4367
Primary outflows	Big Creek
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	33.2 acres (0.134 km^2)[1]
Surface elevation	3,455 ft (1,053 m)[2]

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.[1] Access to Dream Lake is provided through an unmaintained access trail that splits off the Snoqualmie Lake Trail.[3]

A short distance west of Dream Lake is a short side trail that branches off Taylor River Trail,[4] shortly after the crossing of Otter Creek,[3] that leads to Otter Falls, a snow-driven waterfall which drops directly into Lipsy Lake.[5] Marten Lake is further west past Otter Falls.[4][5]

See also

• List of lakes of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness

References

1. "Dream". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dream Lake
3. 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.
4. "Taylor River". Mountaineers.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
5. Spring, Ira (2002). Northwest Washington: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The Mountaineers Books. p. 170. ISBN 0898868750.