Gold Creek Pond Interpretive Site

Learn more about the Gold Creek Area Closure and Forest Order.

Provides access to: Gold Creek Pond Trail 1250, a barrier-free interpretive trail that loops around the pond, and a day use area with portable toilets, parking and picnic tables.

This site borders the Okanagan-Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests. Although this site is located on the Snoqualmie Ranger District, it is currently managed by the Cle Elum Ranger DIstrict.

Current Conditions

An area closure in the vicinity of Gold Creek Pond for the protection of public health and safety. The Forest Service will begin staging operations for a large-scale restoration effort and includes the haul of large trees with root wads and dump truck hauls and placement of fill material, the removal of recreation infrastructure, and other site preparation activities in the first year of this closure. Subsequent years will see heavy construction traffic in the closure area, including the stream channel and access road. Helicopter-placed wood structures will occur in areas directly adjacent to a trail. All of these activities pose a serious risk to public safety and can create conflicts along the narrow access road.

General Information

Recreation Passes may be used as a form of fee payment.

$5 per vehicle per day
$30 per annual pass

$5/vehicle/day

Snoqualmie Ranger Station sign in front of District Office

Address: 902 S.E. North Bend Way, Bldg 1 North Bend, WA 98045
Phone: (425) 888-1421
Hours: Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Closed Wednesdays. (Closed on federal holidays)

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 47.398623

Longitude: -121.380311

Directions

Hyak exit #54 off I-90. Go north and turn right on Forest Service Road #4832 that parallels the north side of the freeway. Drive 1.0 mile, turn left on Gold Creek road #142 and turn left in 0.3 mile into the Gold Creek Pond parking lot.