Washington State Route 534

On Sunday, November 1, 2020, we drove up to the lake on Washington State Route 534.

RCW 47.17.765
State route No. 534:

A state highway to be known as state route number 534 is established as follows:

Beginning at a junction with state route number 5 at Conway, thence southeasterly to a junction with state route number 9 at McMurray.

Down along the South Fork Skagit River, Highway 534 begins at this interchange with I-5.


Fairly quickly the highway leaves the farmland of the Skagit River delta and heads up the hill, into the trees with scattered houses. Autumn colors are in full display on this sunny day. Just a couple miles in, we reach this halfway point.


The highway speeds up as our little valley narrows. We curve through the forest and horse farms, over an imperceptible pass, and just before Lake McMurray, we reach the end of Highway 534 at this junction with SR 9.

Sadly, there is no public access to the lake, so we turned around and went elsewhere.