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Nolte State Park
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Nolte State Park

north of Enumclaw, Washington
visited 19 December 2021
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Long ago, this was a family-oriented vacation spot. When the last of the owners’ family passed, they willed it to the state for use as a state park.

This park looks geared for a lot of traffic in the summer. But it was not exactly quiet on this cold and sunny December afternoon. Lots of people — and lots of their dogs — were out enjoying the 1.4 mile loop around Deep Lake.

A calm lake at Nolte State Park reflects a forested shoreline of evergreen conifers and bare deciduous trees under a clear deep-blue sky, the mirror-smooth water doubling the treeline almost perfectly.
A winding gravel path curves through a dense forest of tall moss-covered evergreen trees, with ferns and leaf litter lining the trail and patches of midday sunlight filtering through the canopy onto the ground.
A narrow gravel trail winds through a lush evergreen forest, lined with dense green sword ferns and low-growing plants, with tall moss-covered conifer trunks rising toward a canopy that lets dappled light through.
A still forested lake mirrors a dense line of evergreen trees and a deep blue sky with scattered white clouds, with low mist clinging to a distant hill behind the treeline.
A gravel trail winds through a dense evergreen forest of tall conifers, with ferns and green underbrush lining both sides and patches of warm sunlight filtering through the trees onto the path.
A moss-covered tree branch stretches diagonally across the frame above a calm lake that reflects the blue sky and clouds, with the sun peeking through bare branches in the upper right. A dense evergreen forest lines the far shore under a partly cloudy sky.
A gravel trail winds through a dense evergreen forest of tall conifers, with sunlight filtering through the trunks and casting long shadows across the path. Lush sword ferns and green undergrowth line both sides of the trail.

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