Tall Chief Campground
Campground
Campground · 2.2 mi from the trail
Washington · Lake fishing · Sammamish · Near Gold Bar
Water Retention Pond
- Jul–Sep
- best months
Water Retention Pond is an 8-acre pond near Sammamish, Washington, at about 387 feet.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Poké Café
Restaurant
On your way back · 2 mi- If it rains
Camlann Medieval Village
Museum
On your way back · 8 miBritish living museum in US
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- Blue Sky RV Park5 mi away
- Lake Pleasant RV Park17 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Boot CampMountain biking0.6 mi
- OutroMountain biking0.8 mi
- Patterson CreekCanoeing1.8 mi
Snoqualmie RiverCanoeingPhoto: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.9 mi- Issaquah To High Point Trail SiteState park3.5 mi
Lake SammamishState parkPhoto: Mggkitsap, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)3.8 mi- Tolt HillSummit5 mi
Snoqualmie FallsWaterfallPhoto: Meher Anand Kasam, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Yellow LakeLake fishing · ~3 min drive
- Ames Lake PotholeLake fishing · ~7 min drive
- Lake MarieLake fishing · ~11 min drive
- North Irrigation LakeLake fishing · ~15 min drive
- Loutsis DamLake fishing · ~16 min drive
- Kings LakeLake fishing · ~17 min drive
- Swans Mill PondLake fishing · ~19 min drive
- Shadow LakeLake fishing · ~23 min drive
- Echo LakeLake fishing · ~24 min drive
- Crescent LakeLake fishing · ~27 min drive
Also worth it near here
Great Space CoasterMountain biking · ~1 min drivePhoto: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Tall Chief CampgroundCamping · ~4 min drive
- Snoqualmie RiverCanoeing · ~5 min drivePhoto: Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
East Fork TrailHiking · ~5 min drivePhoto: Leslie Seaton from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Water Retention Pond
Best months: July–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
46° / 36°
20 wet · 1 snow
Feb
50° / 35°
17 wet
Mar
54° / 37°
20 wet
Apr
59° / 40°
18 wet
May
64° / 46°
15 wet
Jun
69° / 51°
13 wet
Jul
76° / 54°
7 wet
Aug
77° / 54°
6 wet
Sep
70° / 49°
11 wet
Oct
59° / 44°
16 wet
Nov
51° / 38°
20 wet
Dec
46° / 36°
20 wet · 1 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Snoqualmie Falls, WA, 7.6 mi away at 440 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
