[dkemp]

My Scouts are going to learn about beavers. What are the best hikes to see beaver dams and other signs of beavers? And, are there beavers at Oxbow Lake trail?

[Mike Collins]

The beaver dam by Northgate Mall is probably still there. https://crosscut.com/2012/03/green-acre-radio-a-beaver-dam-near-northgate

[RichP]

There's a nice lodge at public access point in Madison Park called Beaver Lodge Sanctuary. Kind of an urban hike..sort of..

[Cyclopath]

Beaver Lake sounds promising. https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/beaver-lake-1/

[zimmertr]

In 2018 I lived in Klahanie near Sammamish and there was an active beaver hut on Yellow Lake. Might still be there

[Jordan]

There's a big beaver hut on lost lake in sultan. About an hour dirt road walk and 15mins through the trees. Easy enough to get to and minimal people.

[mosey]

At the east end of Mann Road in Sultan (discover pass required) you can walk a mile and a half or so to 47.85151, -121.71103 and there's a beaver pond. Also has a nice sandy beach with views of the mountains nearby along the sky.

Best recollection of the horse trails

[Ski]

Millersylvania State Park

Beaver Lodge & Dam Millersylvania State Park 04/13/21 01 KK

north end of the small lake at south end of Millersylvania 04/13/21

Millersylvania 04/26/21

Millersylvania 06/17/21

[Randito]

If you want to see hear beavers slap their tails , you need to go at dusk to dark. You might be able to see them at dusk as they emerge, but it's more of a seeing wake patterns on the surface more than seeing the beavers themselves. There are several lodges along the Mercer Slough , but you need to be in a canoe/kayak to see them.

[puzzlr]

[Pyrites]

….and being quiet and still helps, with a troop of boy sc…. Never mind.

[Kim Brown]

Just be sure you know the difference between beaver activity and that of a Pacific Northwest Beaver-slug:

[Chief Joseph]

A long drive, but if anyone is ever up at Priest Lake there is a huge beaver dam about 20 miles north of Nordman on the NF Upper Priest river. It's about 50 yards wide and 100 yards long, big trees too and you can walk on them the length of it, the logs, not the beavers.

[philfort]

[Pyrites]