Hike to the Top of Squak Mountain

With the weather good but still not the endless clear, sunny days of summer, we continue to find smaller hikes for our weekend days.

In early June, Joseph, Henry, and Dad hikes to the top of Squak Mountain in Issaquah. One of three mountains in Issaquah - Cougar Mountain, Squak Mountain, and Tiger Mountain, Squak has fewer trails and is less a destination as the others, but it was a very nice hike up through the woods.

It was a bit more than 2 miles to the summit, which is really just some radio towers. On the way back down we found a geocache, and, oddly, a rusted out car off the trail, well up the mountain, that was partly hidden by the overgrowth since it was left there. Judging from what we could see of the car, it looked like a 1970s or 1980s model!