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Meadowbrook Farm — Feb. 21, 2018

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
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Beware of: trail conditions

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Decided to brave the frigid temperatures and take a quick walk through Meadowbrook Farm. We parked at the Interpretive Center and headed East on the gravel trail, the trail was nice, level and well graveled for the first mile or so, did encounter a small ice patch in the trail about half a mile in. We reached a bridge after about a mile and the trail gets harder to follow after that, the gravel is gone and had the ground not been frozen it would have been quite muddy and hazardous. There was a big windstorm a few days ago but the trails were mostly clear of debris just minor sticks in the trail. We continued on through a field traveling what looked like a cross of human trail and elk trail. We had a general idea of where we needed to go thanks to the ample map signs throughout the preserve but the trail was not very established and there were no trail markers or signs. We eventually came to an open field that paralleled Centennial Fields Park, we decided to detour through the park on the nice paved trail after crossing the field. The trail encircles the play fields and had nice restrooms available even in frigid February. After making our way through the park we headed back to the Interpretive Center using the paved path that follows along the road. This trail eventually lead us to a paved and board walked section that passed through a grassy marshland, before the final stretch back to the car. We saw lots of birds through out the preserve and sign of elk but no actual elk although we were walking around noon. All in all we did about 4 miles of walking and experienced lots of environments and trail types, it was all level and other than the field walking was easily passable. 

Meadowbrook farm — Nov. 11, 2016

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
FUSSLOS2
WTA Member
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Beware of: trail conditions

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This area offers a nice map, showing nice loop trails. We planned to do most of these and did try. We went west from the closed interpretive center and the trail was fine for awhile, as it went along Hy 202. It then became pretty muddy and uncertain. there were no signs. From the map it looked like a trail skirted along the edge of the forest, in the middle of the area. It was sort of a swamp inside the trees and we could find no trail. We walked thru the pasture/meadow, avoiding lots of scat. Mostly it was from elk. We had no luck finding the trail. So we went across the "Greenchop Fields" (choppy for sure ! ) to the trail along Boalch Avenue. Now there was a paved trail and even boardwalk. As we neared our car we went across the highway to do the "Dike Road Fields" loop. The end the farthest from our car in the parking lot was interesting. The Snoq. tribe maintains it and have put nice labels on plants showing their uses. There is the Marie Louise rock and other symbols there. But trying to do the loop was no good and I wish to warn people not to take this. Many muddy elk trails were interesting but the whole area became very wet and muddy and we had to wade, up to our ankles, to get back to the road- or go back the way we came. The map needs to show the actual routes or tell you it is across country as desired.