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4208 Hikes

Sehome Arboretum

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Length
6.0 miles of trails
Elevation Gain
325 feet
Highest Point
620 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.12
(8 votes)
  • Coast
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
A lush, green refuge with 6 miles of trails is the backyard playground for Western Washington University and Fairhaven College in Bellingham.
 
 

Bay to Baker Trail

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Length
8.5 miles of trails
Highest Point
100 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(6 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Rivers
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
After a long day at the office, the Bay to Baker Trail offers a convenient dose of nature right in the heart of Bellingham.
 
 

Big Rock Garden

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Length
1.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
60 feet
Highest Point
520 feet
Rating
Average rating:
1.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs not allowed
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
The Big Rock Garden allows visitors to slow down and enjoy a bit of quiet solitude without having to trek far from home. The park features 37 permanent sculptures, over 100 species of maple and dozens of rhododendrons and azaleas which promise enjoyable walking at any time of year.
 
 

Whatcom Falls Park

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Length
4.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
50 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.25
(16 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Rivers
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildlife
There are three and a half miles of trails in Whatcom Falls Park. Many routes wind through the forests, some overlooking the creek gorge and still pools. Some wind through open meadows, while others stay in deep forest.
 
 

Mount Adams South Climb

South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
 
Length
12.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
6,700 feet
Highest Point
12,276 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.76
(21 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Mountain views
  • Rivers
  • Summits
The South Climb (or Lunch Counter Approach) of Mount Adams is the one that requires the least amount of technical expertise. However, ice axes, trekking poles, and crampons or microspikes (depending on the season) are required to summit. Hikers who put this investment in will be rewarded with stunning views on a clear day, as well as the satisfaction of having made it up one of Washington's five volcanoes.
 
 

Miners Cabin

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
3.5 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain
1,158 feet
Highest Point
5,592 feet
Rating
Average rating:
2.00
(3 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Mountain views
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

A connector trail that shoots off the Miner's Ridge trail, this 3.5-mile, relatively flat route connects Miner's Ridge to the Pacific Crest Trail.
 
 

Milk Creek - Suiattle River Loop

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
34.7 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
2,100 feet
Highest Point
3,900 feet
Rating
Average rating:
0.00
(0 votes)
  • Established campsites
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Ridges/passes
  • Rivers
  • Summits
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

The Milk Creek trail used to offer a gorgeous tour of the Glacier Peak wilderness via a 34.7-mile backpacking loop. Hikers followed the Milk Creek trail to the Pacific Crest Trail, then down to the Suiattle River Trail. Along the way it offered stunning close-up views of Glacier Peak, endless wildflower meadows and ample opportunities for solitude. Unfortunately, it now requires a potentially dangerous ford of the Suiattle River due to a missing bridge. Because of its inaccessibility and a lack of maintenance, expect a brushy trail with blowdowns beyond this point.
 
 

Milk Creek

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
6.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
2,100 feet
Highest Point
3,900 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.50
(4 votes)
  • Established campsites
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife

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.

This hike requires a potentially dangerous ford of the Suiattle River due to a missing bridge. Because of its inaccessibility and a lack of maintenance, expect a brushy trail with blowdowns beyond this point.
 
 

Image Lake via Miners Ridge

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
31.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
4,400 feet
Highest Point
6,000 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.11
(9 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Ridges/passes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

Hike along a Wild and Scenic river, up a rugged ridge, and to a mirror-like iconic lake in Glacier Peak wilderness. This is a long hike, best done as a backpack, but it's absolutely worth the days you invest to explore here.
 
 

Downey Creek

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
13.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,280 feet
Highest Point
2,400 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(9 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Old growth
  • Rivers

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.

This trail provides access to Bachelor Creek Trail, Bachelor Meadows, Cub Lake and the Dome Peak area.
 
 

Canyon Lake

Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
 
Length
12.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
3,800 feet
Highest Point
6,400 feet
Rating
Average rating:
2.57
(7 votes)
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Ridges/passes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

A rewarding hike on an unmaintained trail takes you past peaks and across meadows to a stunning lake.
 
 

Sulphur Mountain

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
10.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
4,200 feet
Highest Point
6,000 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.40
(5 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Summits
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

This trail has a brutal elevation gain in a short time, but the views from the peak of Sulphur Mountain are worth the climb.
 
 

Sulphur Creek

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
3.6 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
900 feet
Highest Point
2,250 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.57
(7 votes)
  • Old growth
  • Rivers

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.

Not the easiest hike, but the reward is a hot springs if you are persistent.
 
 

Suiattle River Trail

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
13.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
900 feet
Highest Point
2,500 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(7 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Good for kids
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Waterfalls

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.

The trail winds its way above the Suiattle River through old-growth forest and some mature forest recovering from an old burn from the 1920’s. The vegetation in the upper Suiattle watershed includes a wonderful mixture of west-of-the-crest/east-of-the-crest species.
 
 

Huckleberry Mountain

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
14.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
4,900 feet
Highest Point
5,900 feet
Rating
Average rating:
2.82
(11 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Ridges/passes
  • Summits

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.

The trail up Huckleberry Mountain is a grind, but as with so many other hikes to high places on the Suiattle River Road, your efforts will be rewarded with spectacular views.
 
 

Green Mountain

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
8.5 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
3,300 feet
Highest Point
6,500 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.44
(39 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Ridges/passes
  • Summits
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife

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.
 
 

Boulder Lake

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
6.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,960 feet
Highest Point
4,980 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(2 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildflowers/Meadows

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.

Boulder Lake is a brilliant, azure gem set deep within a stunning cirque of metamorphic cliffs, but to reach it you will need perseverance.
 
 

Upper Suiattle River

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
16.0 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain
2,320 feet
Highest Point
4,000 feet
Rating
Average rating:
0.00
(0 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Old growth
  • Rivers

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.

This is a remote and rugged trail that has not been maintained for decades. From the Upper Suiattle River Trail, this route fords the Suiattle River to eventually arrive at Buck Creek Pass.
 
 

Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park - Umatilla Rock via Monument Coulee

Central Washington > Grand Coulee
 
Length
2.7 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
295 feet
Highest Point
1,350 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.50
(8 votes)
  • Lakes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife
The hike involves a circumnavigation of Umatilla Rock, a narrow rock blade that passes below Dry Falls. This area lies midway along the 50-mile Grand Coulee—one of the longest and most spectacular chasms carved out by up to 100 gargantuan Ice Age floods.
 
 

Lake Serene

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
 
Length
8.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
2,000 feet
Highest Point
2,521 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.45
(416 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
Lake Serene and Bridal Veil Falls compete for attention on this hike. Either would be a worthy destination by themselves and combined they are a great day on the trail.
 
 

Mailbox Peak

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
 
Length
9.4 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
4,000 feet
Highest Point
4,822 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.23
(124 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Mountain views
  • Summits
While still relatively steep, this new route up Mailbox Peak, built in part with help from WTA volunteers, offers a safer and more easily navigable way for folks to summit this formidable peak than the old trail.
 
 

Gem Lake

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
 
Length
10.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
2,800 feet
Highest Point
4,857 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.35
(51 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
Gem Lake is nestled at the foot of Wright Mountain and is about two miles beyond the trail junction at Rock Creek trail #1013.1 that intersects with the Snow Lake trail starting at Alpental. Beautiful colors surround the lake in autumn as do the many climbable peaks in the area.
 
 

Timberton Loop

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal
 
Length
4.3 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
500 feet
Highest Point
450 feet
Rating
Average rating:
0.00
(0 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
Old logging roads wend through forest and an abandoned golf course, passing several ponds.
 
 

Lime Kiln Trail

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
7.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
625 feet
Highest Point
750 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.63
(98 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
Here's an unusual hike through a very mossy forest and along a narrow river canyon, past sites that were important in local history. A railroad once ran along the canyon, passing through small communities. Logging was done in the area, and lime once was produced from limestone here, in a kiln that still stands. The railroad and communities are gone now, and much has disappeared over the past eighty years. But a few artifacts still remain and can be seen near the trail.
 
 

Dockton Forest

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
 
Length
9.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
350 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.50
(2 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Old growth
Waiting quietly on Maury Island (a peninsula just off Vashon Island), Dockton Forest welcomes walkers, bikers, and equestrians, as well as boaters to their 9 miles of trails and shorefront property.
 
 

Mount Washington

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
 
Length
8.5 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
3,250 feet
Highest Point
4,450 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.85
(124 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Summits
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
This easy-access day hike delivers comparable — if not superior — panoramic views and lung-busting switchbacks to Mount Si, with significantly less foot traffic.
 
 

Poo Poo Point

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain
 
Length
7.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,748 feet
Highest Point
2,021 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.86
(139 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Mountain views
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife
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.
 
 

Snoquera Falls Loop

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
 
Length
3.9 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
975 feet
Highest Point
3,100 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.63
(41 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Waterfalls
With a trailhead so easily accessible, there's no excuse not to visit Snoquera Falls. Best in early spring, this lush, forested trail features a pretty fantail cascade plunging down a sheer, rocky wall.
 
 

Moss Lake Loop

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
 
Length
0.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
40 feet
Highest Point
2,475 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(2 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Old growth
The Moss Lake Nature Trail is wheelchair-accessible, by design. Bring along a copy of the interpretive guide for a more informational hike.
 
 

White River

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
 
Length
5.9 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain
600 feet
Highest Point
2,960 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.67
(6 votes)
The White River Trail is a great year-round option to hike a gradual trail through the forest northeast of Mount Rainier National Park.