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
4214 HikesLuther Burbank Park
Puget Sound and Islands
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Length
- 3.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 120 feet
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Highest Point
- 120 feet
Luther Burbank Park is a waterfront park at the North end of Mercer Island, offering three miles of family- and pet-friendly trails with waterfront access, wetlands, and recreational activities.
Heybrook Lookout
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
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Length
- 2.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 980 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,800 feet
Heybrook Lookout is a short and moderately steep hike through a fern and moss covered forest to a fun, staircase-ridden lookout with great views of the nearby mountains. If you are introducing someone to hiking, limited on time, or trying to add on another hike or activity in the area, this is the hike for you.
Tronsen Ridge
Central Cascades > Blewett Pass
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Length
- 8.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,800 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to damage from the Labor Mountain Fire.
In a word, Tronsen Ridge is dynamic. It’s a place that evolves with each new season, showcasing the variance of Washington state as few trails can.
Navaho Peak
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
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Length
- 13.7 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,223 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,223 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to damage from the Labor Mountain Fire.
From Navaho Pass, the trail to Navaho Peak is siren-like, pulling you towards the summit long after you realize how tired you are. But for peak-baggers, or those simply interested in getting a gorgeous view from a relatively easy-to-navigate peak, the views are worth the extra effort.
Navaho Pass
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
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Length
- 11.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,000 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to damage from the Labor Mountain Fire.
Navaho Pass is an excellent introduction to the Teanaway area. Rife with wildflowers, fascinating geology, and just enough elevation gain to keep it interesting, this hike has just about everything that the Teanaway is known for.
Miller Peak
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
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Length
- 8.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,200 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,400 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to damage from the Labor Mountain Fire.
Miller Peak is an excellent, challenging day hike, which gains 3200 feet to the high point. But all that climbing affords you breathtaking views of the Stuarts, and much of the Teanaway area, as well as Mount Rainier.
Carter Falls
Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise
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Length
- 2.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 660 feet
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Highest Point
- 3,650 feet
The log footbridge crossing the Nisqually River has been dislodged. There is no safe water crossing.
Cougar Rock to Carter Falls is a moderate and readily accessible segment of the Wonderland Trail that packs stunning mountain vistas, river views, waterfalls, wildflowers, old growth, and edible berries into just 1.3 miles of family-friendly hiking in Mount Rainier National Park.
Friday Harbor Biological Laboratories Preserve
Puget Sound and Islands > San Juan Islands
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Length
- 4.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 440 feet
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Highest Point
- 100 feet
Two hikes exist here: One, an old road through the woods; and the other, winding along narrow tread on grassy hillsides and exposed bedrock alongside the Puget Sound. Connecting these two makes a great loop.
Blind Island
Puget Sound and Islands > San Juan Islands
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Length
- 0.2 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 50 feet
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Highest Point
- 20 feet
Sailing and hiking in the San Juan Islands is always special. It can be even more so when you are alone on an island all your own.
Dragonfly Loop
Puget Sound and Islands > San Juan Islands
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Length
- 2.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 60 feet
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Highest Point
- 100 feet
Come enjoy a short loop trail through second-growth woods with meadowland views. This is a wonderful, low-key bird watching area.
Blackbird Island - Waterfront Park
Central Cascades > Leavenworth Area
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Length
- 2.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 100 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,100 feet
Bird, salmon, history, and river lovers will enjoy this trail in a Leavenworth park
Rattlesnake Dance Ridge Trail
Central Washington > Yakima
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Length
- 2.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,250 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,646 feet
A short, steep and rough ridgeline ascent to a summit with great views up and down the Yakima River Canyon.
Wahclella Falls
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 2.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 350 feet
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Highest Point
- 350 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to flood damage.
This is a hike to a two-tiered waterfall located in a fairyland grotto with many large moss covered boulders.
Rasar State Park
North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20
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Length
- 3.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 20 feet
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Highest Point
- 125 feet
Explore a beautiful state park near the Skagit River with an extensive trail network and beautiful campsites.
Green Mountain (Suiattle River)
North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
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Length
- 8.5 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,300 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,500 feet
Suiattle River Road is closed at the intersection with Suiattle Mountain Road (about 4.5 miles in) due to washout which renders this trailhead inaccessible.
In a state with so many places offering a day's walk to big, peaky views, Green Mountain still makes the short-list of Washington's all-time finest hikes. From woods to meadows to panoramic views and even a historic lookout, it just doesn't get much better than this.
Green Mountain - Gold Creek Trail
Olympic Peninsula > Kitsap Peninsula
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,639 feet
Green Mountain is the Kitsap Peninsula's go-to after work destination. Whether you're mountain biking, trail running, or hiking, you can get a quick workout by hiking the Gold Creek Trail up to the summit of Green Mountain.
Green Mountain
Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
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Length
- 10.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,600 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,700 feet
This hike is sometimes called Last Promontory; Absolute Last Promontory and starts out as a road walk on the CCC road; then climbs another road to a viewpoint east of the Green Mountain summit. From here, the route is a very rough trail or scramble route directly up the ridge line to the summit.
Rockport State Park
North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20
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Length
- 3.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 250 feet
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Highest Point
- 750 feet
1.7.26: The ADA trail is closed until further notice due to flood damage.
The family friendly trails of 670-acre Rockport State Park explore an ancient forest where dappled sunlight illuminates mossy trees and lush ferns — perfect for a springtime stroll.
Lake Whatcom Park - Chanterelle Trail
Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
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Length
- 4.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,314 feet
Enjoy a steep trail to a summit east of Lake Whatcom with gorgeous views of Puget Sound and the surrounding mountains.
Salt Creek Recreation Area
Olympic Peninsula > Northern Coast
The Salt Creek Recreation Area just outside of Port Angeles has several small trails in and around the camping area for folks to explore, and connects hikers to the nearby Striped Peak trail.
Salt Creek (Mount Adams)
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 6.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 630 feet
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Highest Point
- 3,680 feet
This trail follows a gentle grade through open forest, some of which is an old burn scar. Huckleberry bushes can be found along the trail, along with a couple peekaboo views of a grassy meadow and Mount Adams.
Poo Poo Point
Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain
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Length
- 7.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,748 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,021 feet
Hike railroad grades dating from the logging era. Cross many small creeks, some seasonal. Pass tall trees draped with moss. Enjoy ferns and, in season, forest wildflowers and wild berries. Reach a viewpoint that's also a favorite launching spot for paragliders.
Yesler Swamp
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 0.6 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 15 feet
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Highest Point
- 35 feet
A boardwalk winds through a literal swamp tucked into the shoreline of Lake Washington. Several viewing spots make for excellent birdwatching.
Jackson Beach and Argyle Lagoon
Puget Sound and Islands > San Juan Islands
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Length
- 1.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 10 feet
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Highest Point
- 10 feet
Enjoy this sheltered beach and lagoon walk year-round. Though there are no defined "trails," beaches are fairly self-limiting. Wonderful wildlife and the forces of nature are your reward.
Devils Canyon - Kahlotus Railroad Grade
Central Washington > Tri-Cities
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Length
- 6.0 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 400 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,000 feet
Walk part of an abandoned railroad grade, through two tunnels, in lonely Columbia Plateau country.
Mazama Ridge
Mount Rainier Area > SW - Longmire/Paradise
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Length
- 6.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 900 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,700 feet
Mazama Ridge at Mount Rainier's Paradise area offers an especially scenic intermediate-level snowshoe route in the midst of snow-covered alpine meadows.
Marckworth Forest
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Elevation Gain
- 530 feet
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Highest Point
- 760 feet
Marckworth Forest offers some wonderful walking among forest, marshes, and rumpled rocky hills, as long as you're ok doing your own routefinding on logging roads. It's a quiet, little known and infrequently visited spot, less than an hour's drive from Seattle.
Cherry Creek Falls
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 450 feet
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Highest Point
- 705 feet
Hike along old logging roads to a 25-foot tall waterfall on Cherry Creek just outside of Duvall. Note that access to this area is part of an agreement with nearby homeowners, and part of the trail is on private land, so please remain on the main path, observe leash laws and keep noise to a minimum as a courtesy to homeowners along trail. There are no toilets at the trailhead. Plan ahead.
Ames Lake Forest
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 5.0 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 150 feet
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Highest Point
- 650 feet
With many miles of trails that are being improved by King County Parks, Ames Lake Forest is a good option for anyone looking to get away from crowds at Tolt-MacDonald. Keep in mind that this is a watershed though, and be certain to keep Leave No Trace principles in mind in this sensitive area.
Magnet Creek
Central Cascades > Blewett Pass
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Length
- 6.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,300 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,400 feet
This trail is closed until further notice due to damage from the Labor Mountain Fire.
Hike this unmaintained trail on the dry side of the Cascades. It's a scenic, wildflower wonderland, if you're willing and able to route-find your way to the ridge.