This is in no way a hiking trail but it is one of my favorite trails for running and riding bikes (Fully paved). There are usually a good amount of people using it but it is peaceful and well maintained!

Not really a hike but a bike ride, I did it in three stages from Woodard Bay to the Yelm-Tenino trail. I GoPo'd the route and loaded the videos on YouTube. Chambers Lake to Woodard Bay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joVYG3Nf0Zs Chambers Lake to 103 Ave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8Ia7RCBt8 103rd Ave to the Yelm-Tenino Trail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSZKYn9B2dU

We started early to avoid the heat and arrived at the Chambers Lake Trailhead for the Chehalis Western Trail. We headed north on our bikes for seven miles through lovely wetlands, farmlands, and forests. We arrived at the terminus of the Rails to Trails only to discover that the Overlook Trail to Woodard Bay was closed for nesting herons. So we locked up our bikes and walked to the Whitman Road access point to Woodard Bay Conservation Area. From here, it was a short walk down a paved trail to a pretty beach at Weyer's Point, complete with picnic tables, old piers, a railroad trestle ruin, and barking seals. A lovely little outing for a hot day. More pictures at the link below

We knew there would be no views in the mountains on this very cool and very cloudy day, so we decided to check out the Western Chehalis trail. We started at the Chambers Lake Trailhead Park in Lacey. Right away, we were impressed with the surrounding wetlands and abundant songbirds and water birds. The trail is mostly paved, although we did encounter some stretches of gravel and a short stretch along the wide shoulder of a road. Since this was an exploratory trip, we went south for six miles, stopping to look at pretty Smith Lake, then came back to where we started and went north for two and a half miles, then came back to where we started and had lunch there at Chambers Lake. More pictures at the link below