Hiking Guide
WTA's hiking guide is the most comprehensive database of hikes in Washington, and comprises content written by local hiking experts and user submitted information. All data is vetted by WTA staff. This resource is made possible by the donations of WTA members.
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Results List
1333 HikesSouthwest Washington > Vancouver Area
0.3 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 10 feet
Highest Point: 20 feet
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Just east of Vancouver, off the Evergreen Highway is a delightful little education center that houses a fish hatchery (complete with feeding pond), a small greenspace, and three little trails that are friendly to even the littlest hikers.
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
2.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 40 feet
Highest Point: 1,200 feet
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Visit a historic arboretum on connected paths that form a 2 mile interpretive trail, with the option to do shorter loops.
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
11.6 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1,710 feet
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This forested trail leads to a fine campsite primed for exploring the base of Mount Adams.
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
3.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1,330 feet
Highest Point: 5,052 feet
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Where can you find unobstructed views of Mount Rainier and the mountains of Snoqualmie Pass, see rare butterfly species, and go berry-picking, all in return for a modest 1330-foot elevation gain? Mount Catherine, of course! This off-the-beaten-path hike to the summit of a wintertime ski destination is one of the most rewarding climbs along the southern wall of Snoqualmie Pass.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
0.9 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 71 feet
Highest Point: 511 feet
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The loop trail in this park is a nice place for families to go walking or for anyone to get some steps in.
Olympic Peninsula > Kitsap Peninsula
1.4 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 250 feet
Highest Point: 250 feet
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Enjoy a short hike to one of the best beaches in Kitsap County.
Southwest Washington > Vancouver Area
2.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 100 feet
Highest Point: 100 feet
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More than 5000 acres of marshes, grasslands and wooded areas are home to more than one hundred species of birds, waterfowl and fish. Two trails and a loop road provide public access to this serene area just a few miles west of I-5. Spring and fall are the best seasons to see migrating songbirds and shorebirds, but summer offers the additional attraction of the barrier-free Kiwa Loop Trail.
South Cascades > Mount St. Helens
10.0 miles of trails
Gain: 1,000 feet
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Visit three looping routes on Mount St. Helens near the Marble Mountain Sno-Park. From here you'll enjoy quiet forest and views of Mount St. Helens, as well as a variety of difficulties of hike, from a casual stroll to a more sweat-inducing climb. It's hikers choice!
Central Cascades > Blewett Pass
6.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 400 feet
Highest Point: 4,500 feet
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The Wenatchee Crest near Blewett Pass is an ideal entry-level snowshoe, thanks to its modest elevation gain and panoramic views from the ridgetop. And even with such an easily accessible trailhead, the crowds are often minimal.
Olympic Peninsula > Kitsap Peninsula
1.5 miles of trails
Gain: 60 feet
Highest Point: 80 feet
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Fish Park is a 40-acre park just north of downtown Poulsbo with a wonderful network of trails that run along the Liberty Bay Estuary.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
3.5 miles of trails
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There are over three miles of trails in this community park. Visitors can stop by for a quick dose of nature or do the full loop for a longer walk.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
21.0 miles, one-way
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This trail runs from Puyallup to Buckley, along the way passing along the Carbon River and offering up great views of Mount Rainier. It is popular with cyclists, walkers and horseback riders.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
2.0 miles of trails
Gain: 0 feet
Highest Point: 0 feet
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Just adjacent to the Boeing campus in Everett, Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary is a great place for a short nature walk in town or a leg-stretcher after work. In fact, you may completely forget you're near an busy part of town when you're in the heart of the sanctuary.
Olympic Peninsula > Kitsap Peninsula
1.5 miles of trails
Highest Point: 100 feet
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Want to go on a forest stroll, do some tide pooling and have a picnic on the lawn, all in the same place? Look no further than Kitsap Memorial State Park.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
1.25 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 200 feet
Highest Point: 300 feet
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This Mercer Island park offers a dense network of forest trails with tall trees and a lot of moss, ferns and some seasonal wildflowers. All the trails are open to hikers and bicyclists; some also are designated for use by equestrians.
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
0.5 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 100 feet
Highest Point: 5,794 feet
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Drive almost to the top of a mountain with exquisite views all around you. Your destination is only about a quarter mile from where you park - what a great view for such little effort.
Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
7.15 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1,400 feet
Highest Point: 2,120 feet
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This is a loop made up of several well signed trails on Blanchard Mountain in the Chuckanuts. The trail offers that other-world ancientness with its dark forests, moss and house-sized boulders. It makes a good year-round hike, with a route that passes by waterfalls, swamps, two lakes, wildlife activity, old growth and evidence of logging operations from the nineteenth century.
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
1.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 50 feet
Highest Point: 3,700 feet
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While Evans Lake may be less well-known than many of the other lakes nestled within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, it nevertheless offers a pleasant backcountry experience.
South Cascades > Mount St. Helens
6.2 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1,570 feet
Highest Point: 2,370 feet
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Krause Ridge Trail offers a textbook example of a Pacific Northwest forest nearing succession climax. Whether you are a jaded forest trekker or an ecologist, this is a classical forest with big trees towering as a sunshade with a lush understory and an easy day hike.
Puget Sound and Islands > Whidbey Island
3.5 miles of trails
Gain: 200 feet
Highest Point: 400 feet
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With commanding views of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains, this 347-acre park also has opportunities for bird watching, clamming and crabbing, and offers 3.5 miles of hiking trails in old-growth forest and along a stretch of unspoiled saltwater shoreline.
Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise
6.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 400 feet
Highest Point: 3,800 feet
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Enjoy this easy hike through massive trees with great views of a lovely lake and an impressive lookout towering over it all.
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
3.4 miles, roundtrip
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In spring the hills are alive with blooming balsamroot, lupine, phlox and many other wildflowers. The balsamroot and lupine are the stars of the show at Columbia Hills State Park.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
1.4 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 0 feet
Highest Point: 15 feet
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Hike a trail on top of an elevated berm that leads into a newly restored tidal marsh on Leque Island. Enjoy sights and sounds of hawks, ducks, and other birds, in addition to breathtaking views of the Olympics and North Cascades.
Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
2.0 miles of trails
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Just west of Snoqualmie Pass, the Asahel Curtis Sno-Park includes two miles of beginner snowshoe trails along a creek, two restrooms and a parking area that is routinely plowed. This is also the parking area for the winter route to Franklin Falls.
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
3.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 540 feet
Highest Point: 600 feet
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The popular Latourell Falls in Guy W. Talbot State Park offers hikers several loop options, a family friendly one-mile roundtrip accessible walk to the Lower Falls and historic bridge, or a 2 mile loop to also take in the 134-foot Upper Falls, the third tallest in the Columbia Gorge.
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
0.91 miles of trails
Gain: 260 feet
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This trail in Tacoma follows Puget Creek through a gulch just above Commencement Bay.
Eastern Washington > Spokane Area/Coeur d'Alene
1.65 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 321 feet
Highest Point: 2,947 feet
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Ascend the west flank of Antoine Peak via an old logging road that switchbacks up the moderate grade, offering occasional views of the Foothills of Mount Spokane to the north before entering a recovering forest. Return via a trail winding through an open hillside offering good views toward the Spokane Valley.
Eastern Washington > Okanogan Highlands/Kettle River Range
5.6 miles, one-way
Gain: 2,100 feet
Highest Point: 6,050 feet
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Currently a nonmotorized recreation trail, historically this trail was the original stagecoach route and first State Highway in Washington, connecting the town of Marcus on the Columbia River to Marblemount in the North Cascades over the Kettle Crest.
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
10.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1,700 feet
Highest Point: 4,300 feet
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This ski/snowshoe follows the North Fork Teanaway River Road that hikers drive on in the summer to get to the various Teanaway trailheads, passing through open forest and meadows alongside the North Fork Teanaway River.
Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
8.5 miles of trails
Highest Point: 100 feet
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After a long day at the office, the Bay to Baker Trail offers a convenient dose of nature right in the heart of Bellingham.