Gillette Lake is a small lake located along the Pacific Crest Trail on the Washington side of the Pacific Crest Trail. It may be reached from either the Bridge of the Gods trailhead or the North Bonneville Trailhead along Washington State Road #14. The lake may be reached after about 50-70 minutes of hiking, depending on how much botanizing. The lake seems to be popular with swimmers, but is posted for no camping and no fires.
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum
*Cat-tail: Typha latifolia
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Red Alder: Alnus rubra
Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta (wild species?)
Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica
* Grass Pink: Dianthus armeria
Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Big Leaf maple: Acer macrophyllum
Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica
Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
Cascade oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica
Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata
Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii
* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineum
Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana
* Queen Anne's lace: Daucus carota
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea / occidentalis
* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina
* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
Water Parsley: Oenanthe sarmentosa
Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium
Broad-leaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia
* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata
* Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa ?
* Rough Bugleweed: Lycopus uniflorus
* Field Mint: Mentha canadensis
Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii
* Bittersweet Nightshade: Solanum dulcamara
* American Speedwell: Veronica americana
* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Pearly Everlastings: Anaphalis margaratacea
Leafy Beggar Ticks: Bidens frondosa
* Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
* Spotted Knapweed: Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis
Ox-eye Daisy: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
* Annual Fleabane: Erigeron annuus
* Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.
Cudweed: Gnaphalium species
* Nipplewort: Lapsana communis
Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus
* Oregon Aster: Seriocarpus oregonensis ssp. oregonensis
* Meadow Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa
Maidenhair Spleenwort: Asplenium trichomanes - Several plants seen along the Pacific Crest Trail.
* Rough-leaf Aster: Eurybia radulina - Abundant in sunny clearings on the connector trail between the North Bonneville Trailhead and the Pacific Crest Trail.