Thousand Island Lake Loop via Rush Creek Trailhead

During our family vacation, we followed the Rush Creek Trailhead, near Silver Lake, up to Agnew Lake, Gem Lake, Billy Lakes, Waugh Lakes, Island Pass & adjoining lakes, Thousand Island Lake, Clark Lakes, and finally back down to Agnew Lake to continue down the same path we had followed to the parking lot near Silver Lake (the trail head is across the street from the Silver Lake Campground). The entire path was a rather large loop of 23 miles and took us about 14 hours to complete together as a family with brief breaks throughout the entire trek. Of course if you are interested in accessing Thousand Island Lake from Silver Lake there are shorter routes which do not require a loop all the way around Waugh Lake. For instance, you could take the turn off to Clark Lakes near the cable tramway and follow that path directly to Thousand Island Lake. Or, you could also take a similar route from Gem Lake. If you do decide to do the entire route being prepared with flashlights is a must and of course something to keep the mosquitoes off will make for a more pleasant hiking experience. The mosquitoes were everywhere!

[@swgreen1974]

I'm impressed that you got your family to walk that distance. 1000 Islands Lake looks amazing.

[@miis05]

Sean Green in hindsight, I am too. I don’t think I would easily get a repeat though, lol. The views were amazing though! I wouldn’t mind spending more time there.

[@RiseAboveEric]

Great video! Your daughters are total troopers. I've done that hike before... it has some really challenging sections. Way to go!

[@miis05]

Eric Nostrand thank you! I don’t think they will ever let me forget. I keep telling them they are superb hikers but they aren’t convinced yet lol. I’m glad we all got to see Thousand Island Lake together though 😊

[@thelastboyscout8292]

Looks like a great hike Justin! Thanks for sharing your video with us.

[@miis05]

The Last Boy Scout I highly recommend this hike...an all time favorite now! Glad you enjoyed watching :)

[@punkerboy909]

wow! That's beautiful!

[@dilippatel3268]

is all that doable in one day?

[@miis05]

Yes, sunup to sundown pretty much we hiked the entire time,…I could probably do it faster but I had my family with me then and underestimated the mileage so they went for quite a journey in one full day, they still remind me of that to this day