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4277 Hikes

Cutthroat Lakes via Walt Bailey Trail

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
6.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
2,300 feet
Highest Point
4,700 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(5 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
Great views await you at the summit of Bald Mountain or Cutthroat Lakes if you can stand the rough, rocky, and rooty trail that you must brave to get there. Fortunately, lots of lakes and berries keep you busy along the way, and the ever-changing surroundings on this CCC-built, WTA-maintained trail make for a great day hike along the popular Mountain Loop Highway.
 
 

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

10.20.26: Tenas Creek Road is closed to vehicles until further notice due to damage.

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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.
 
 

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

8.20.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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.
 
 

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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 (Suiattle River)

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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.
 
 

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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 to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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

8.15.26: The trail is closed due to the Miner's Creek Fire.

Suiattle River Road is closed to all motorized vehicles at milepost 10.5. The trailhead is still accessible beyond this point by foot or bike.

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.
 
 

Mount Pugh

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
11.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
5,300 feet
Highest Point
7,201 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.41
(41 votes)
  • Fall foliage
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Ridges/passes
  • Summits
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife
Mount Pugh -- also known by its native name "Da Klagwats" -- has one of the most spectacular viewpoints in the North Cascades, offering a vista that includes Glacier and Sloan Peak, Mounts Baker, Shuksan, and Rainier, the Olympics, Monte Cristo, Three Fingers, and White Chuck. The first fire lookout here was established in 1916; a lowly tent perched on the peak until a cabin with a cupola was built in 1922. This was hit by lightning in 1927 and a second lookout was built, but it was subsequently destroyed in 1965 and never rebuilt. Remains of these structures can still be seen on the mountain, when you can tear yourself away from the view.
 
 

Greenwater and Echo Lakes

Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
 
Length
14.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,900 feet
Highest Point
4,100 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.87
(46 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife
Visit a trail where rushing rivers, placid lakes, and wild forests abound.
 
 

Elwha River and Lillian River

Olympic Peninsula > Northern Coast
 
Length
25.4 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
3,440 feet
Highest Point
2,300 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.17
(6 votes)
  • Dogs not allowed
  • Established campsites
  • Lakes
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Wildlife
Take a long, rolling trail deep into quiet forest. Admire enormous trees, see a historic cabin, and find true solitude on the banks of Lillian River.
 
 

Konnowac Pass Recreation Area

Central Washington > Yakima
 
Length
20.0 miles of trails
Highest Point
1,800 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Ridges/passes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
Enjoy rambling or peddling on a 20-mile network of trails with sweeping views of the Yakima Valley.
 
 

Oak Creek Wildlife Area - Naches River

Central Washington > Yakima
 
Length
1.6 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
25 feet
Highest Point
1,665 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Rivers
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
This short, easy hike takes you through a beautiful example of mixed pine and oak shrub-steppe.
 
 

Selah Valley Canal

Central Washington > Yakima
 
Length
2.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
20 feet
Highest Point
1,645 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Rivers
Munch on a Washington apple as you stroll along one of the irrigation canals that helped it grow.
 
 

Konnowac Ridge Loop

Central Washington > Yakima
 
Length
4.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
450 feet
Highest Point
1,768 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Ridges/passes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
Hike a pleasant 4-mile loop in the Konnowac Pass Recreation Area.
 
 

Buffalo Eddy

Eastern Washington > Palouse and Blue Mountains
 
Length
0.4 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
20 feet
Highest Point
830 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Rivers
On the Washington-Idaho border sits Buffalo Eddy, a site where the Nez Perce left their mark a la petroglyphs carved into the rock next to the Snake River. A short trail with informative signage offers information about the petroglyphs and their creators.
 
 

Beaver Plant Lake

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway
 
Length
3.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
466 feet
Highest Point
2,871 feet
Rating
Average rating:
0.00
(0 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Established campsites
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
  • Ridges/passes
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife
Want to hike somewhere along the Mountain Loop Highway that is less-traveled, dog-friendly and features a beautiful lake as the destination? Beaver Plant Lake is the spot.
 
 

S.báliuqw Interpretive Trail (Lower Baker Loop)

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20
 
Length
2.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
103 feet
Highest Point
256 feet
Rating
Average rating:
0.00
(0 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Rivers
  • Wildlife
Want to explore a small town along the Northern Cascades Highway? Or stretch the legs while learning a bit of history? Or even learn about salmon habitat? Check out S.báliuqʷ Interpretive Trail in Concrete.
 
 

East Rim Waterworks Canyon

Central Washington > Yakima
 
Length
3.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
450 feet
Rating
Average rating:
5.00
(1 vote)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Wildlife

The area closes between Dec and May to protect wintering elk herds.

A short, hike alongside a creek on the east side of Washington, just outside of Yakima. Lush brush, including balsamroot, yarrow, and lupine can be found along the way, as you enjoy the dramatic canyon walls.
 
 

Garfield Ledges

Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
 
Length
2.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
830 feet
Highest Point
1,860 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.59
(29 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Old growth
Built with the help of Washington Trails Association and Mountains to Sound Greenway crews, the trail to Garfield Ledges will offer visitors expansive views of the Middle Fork valley and a short but steep workout.
 
 

Cultus Mountain

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Rating
Average rating:
3.00
(3 votes)
Cultus Mountain is a peak east of Mt. Vernon. The land surrounding the mountain is a patchwork of public and private property.
 
 

Pine and Cedar Lakes

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
 
Length
5.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,400 feet
Highest Point
1,600 feet
Rating
Average rating:
3.96
(24 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Lakes
  • Mountain views

The trail is closed between the trailhead and its intersection with the Old Hemlock Trail 10/19-23 for trail repairs.

With two small lakes and numerous branching trails that sport views to Mount Baker and the Puget Sound, this moderate trail through shady forest can be hiked or backpacked year round. Trails circle both of these lakes, and on nice days you’ll find people out fishing or canoeing here.
 
 

Denny Creek

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass
 
Length
6.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
1,345 feet
Highest Point
3,642 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.15
(75 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Old growth
  • Rivers
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
A popular trail, thanks to its gentle, family friendly grade with amazing destinations. The natural water slide area at Denny Creek is a must visit for families! Keekwulee Falls offers a stunning viewpoint that is easily accessible. Snowshoe Falls maybe a bit elusive and more difficult to see from the trail, but is also a beautiful natural wonder.
 
 

Heybrook Ridge

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
 
Length
3.3 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain
775 feet
Highest Point
1,327 feet
Rating
Average rating:
4.21
(76 votes)
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Fall foliage
  • Good for kids
  • Mountain views
  • Ridges/passes
  • Waterfalls
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
The Leovy Trail, a testament to community land conservation, is a moderate ascent through second-growth Cascade rainforest to the summit of Heybrook Ridge. At the top, take in stunning views of Mount Index, Bridal Veil Falls, and the Skykomish Valley.