Mowich Lake — Attraction in Prairie Ridge

I randomly decided to drive here a couple nights ago to watch 3 meteor showers. Wasn't disappointed, as I saw many fireballs streaking across the sky, but it's still polluted by the artificial light and the sky wasn't dark. Well maybe at first but as my eyes became adjusted, no. It's brighter than many other stargazing locations I've been to. I slept in the car, woke up at 5AM to stunning views. There were large snow patches on the ground. It's so interesting because the temperature has been 90oF and higher in most cities for a week. Lovely hike, peaceful water, wildflowers...

The drive up there was scary for us so we drove 5 MPH in my little Nissan Sentra, it took quite a bit of time to get there. The long drive was worth it though, the lake looks like it came from a post card, the water is so clean and can see down quite a few feet deep. My kids did get in the water and they said it was really cold even in the summer. My son swam across w a life jacket and he said he could see fish swimming right by him. We saw some people w kayaks. There’s beautiful flowers growing all around. There seems to be a few hikes all around which we...

It was summer time when we visited lake mowich. He happened to go by this place accidentally, and the road to this lake is very bumpy and dusty by the time you reach the end of the road your car will be covered with full of dust and you get tired because of the ride. But it is worth the view, this is a nice hiking place and also lake seemed fresh and was not over crowded. It was very scenic and you can have a nice swim with the view of Snow cover Mt. Rainer. This place is closed during...