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
4216 HikesAustera Peak
North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20
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Highest Point
- 8,334 feet
The route to Austera Peak involves exposed climbing and glacier travel. Gear and experience recommended.
Trapper Lake
North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
Follow a fisherman's trail to a crystalline blue lake in the North Cascades. This is a bushwhack, so you will need route-finding experience and a map and compass, and you'll need to know how to use them.
Viewpoint Park
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 0.6 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 143 feet
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Highest Point
- 387 feet
While there is another park of the same name in Redmond, the Viewpoint Park in Bellevue serves as a natural buffer separating the neighborhoods from the businesses in the area. There are wooded trails to explore, including a trail leading to Bridle Trails State Park.
Cross Kirkland Corridor Trail
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 11.5 miles, roundtrip
This trail uses the old North Pacific Railroad grade as a quiet place for Kirkland residents to stretch their legs, and is a part of the partially-completed 42-mile Eastrail.
Lost Beagle
Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain
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Length
- 0.6 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 250 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,470 feet
The Lost Beagle Trail is a connector Trail on Cougar Mountain. It does not have its own trailhead so hikers must reach this trail on foot from one of the many connecting trails.
Harvey Manning Trail
Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain
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Length
- 1.7 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 245 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,464 feet
Take a short walk on Cougar Mountain, shaded by the thick forest, with plenty of options into the trail network to create your own hiking adventure.
Capitol State Forest - Bob Bammert Grove Loop
Olympic Peninsula > Olympia
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Length
- 1.1 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 300 feet
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Highest Point
- 560 feet
Hike a little more than a mile on a shady lollipop loop trail reserved for hikers near the southern edge of the Capitol State Forest, south of Olympia. Gain 300 feet elevation as you ascend from the confluence of the Mill and Mima Creeks to the high point in the grove of big old hemlock, cedar and fir trees.
Whiskey Still Trail
Issaquah Alps > Taylor Mountain
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Length
- 4.66 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 600 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,050 feet
The Whiskey Still trail is part of the Taylor Mountain trail system and can be used to make a variety of loops.
Eagle Creek Overlook Trail
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 0.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 279 feet
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Highest Point
- 285 feet
A short trail in the sometimes-closed Eagle Creek Group Campground area, this little loop has some of the best views right at the beginning.
Shady Glen
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 0.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 227 feet
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Highest Point
- 201 feet
This short little loop trail is a sweet walk that enhances a camping trip, picnic, or hike at the Eagle Creek Recreation area.
Wauna Viewpoint
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 3.1 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,678 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,688 feet
Here’s a shortish, moderate trail in the Eagle Creek Recreation Area. You’ll enjoy a nice view of the Bonneville Dam as well as the Columbia River Gorge and even a bit of the upvalley views of the Eagle Creek drainage.
Buck Point
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 0.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 452 feet
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Highest Point
- 702 feet
A quiet, infrequently-visited trail in the Eagle Creek Campground. It hasn't seen maintenance in a while, so you may need to do some routefinding, but you'll likely be the only one there.
Teanaway Butte
Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway
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Length
- 9.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,300 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,760 feet
Teanaway Butte is a prominent peak and former fire lookout site with stunning views of the Mount Stuart Range, the greater Teanaway area, and Mount Rainier. This hike is best enjoyed as a snowshoe adventure in winter, or a spring hike when other mountain trails are still buried in snow but wildflowers are already blooming in this area.
Return Trail
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 1.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 100 feet
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Highest Point
- 100 feet
A short trail between Multnomah Falls and Wahkeena Falls that makes a loop trail possible between the two.
Franklin Ridge
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 2.3 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 1,147 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,851 feet
Franklin Ridge is a rugged route between the Oneonta Trail and the Larch Mountain Trail. It's rarely hiked, but it can create a fun, long loop connecting the Wahkeena Falls trailhead with the Oneonta Trailhead. Alternately, the Franklin Ridge trail can provide create a lollipop loop up to Larch Mountain.
Angel's Rest-Devil's Rest Loop
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - OR
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Length
- 10.7 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,770 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,308 feet
Explore waterfalls, enjoy expansive views, and have a look at how forest rebounds from fires all along this lovely loop in the Columbia River Gorge.
Twin Ponds Park
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 1.25 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 45 feet
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Highest Point
- 340 feet
Twin Ponds Park is in the City of Shoreline, and contains several family-friendly trails accessible year-round. The park has two small lakes where diverse waterfowl can be viewed, while areas of forest support other bird life.
Trail Lake Coulee
Central Washington > Grand Coulee
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Length
- 5.1 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 255 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,542 feet
The combination of a regional irrigation project, dramatic basalt topography and an arid climate create a unique habitat. You’ll walk with the main irrigation canal on one side and peaceful Trail Lake on the other, surrounded by high basalt outcrops.
South Cle Elum Yard
Snoqualmie Region > Cle Elum Area
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Length
- 0.25 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 0 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,923 feet
A very short trail in Cle Elum that offers a little history of the railroad through Washington state.
Siebert Creek Conservation Area
Olympic Peninsula > Northern Coast
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Length
- 0.5 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 10 feet
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Highest Point
- 32 feet
This conservation area is a 38.5-acre parcel of land along Siebert Creek between Port Angeles and Sequim. For the last two years, volunteer trail work crews have removed invasive plants like Scotch Broom, built new trails, trailheads, and a picnic area and planted more than 600 native trees and shrubs.
Pine Canyon
Central Washington > Yakima
A location outside of Yakima designated for bird-dog training in spring; this area does not have a formal trail system.
Fauntleroy Park
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 1.5 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 350 feet
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Highest Point
- 360 feet
Fauntleroy Park, in West Seattle, is a few blocks southeast of the Vashon Island Ferry dock. The park offers some impressively tall trees, both conifers and deciduous trees. There is a good system of short trails, with boardwalks, rustic stairs and viewing platforms. Wildflowers are common in spring, and many wild birds make the park their home.
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park
Eastern Washington > Palouse and Blue Mountains
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Length
- 0.8 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 10 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,400 feet
Visit an uncommonly lush riparian habitat mixed with old-grown Ponderosa pines along the Touchet River.
Moncton Ghost Town
Snoqualmie Region > North Bend Area
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Length
- 2.5 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 20 feet
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Highest Point
- 940 feet
Stroll a paved path or walk the lakeshore to find the remains of Moncton, now part of the Rattlesnake Lake Recreation Area near North Bend. Moncton was once a stop along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road. The town became Rattlesnake Lake in 1915 when Masonry Dam was constructed on the hillside above.
Wenaha River Trail
Eastern Washington > Palouse and Blue Mountains
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Length
- 29.9 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 2,500 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,000 feet
Hike along a section of the Wenaha River in the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness.
Colville Mountain Loop Trail
Eastern Washington > Selkirk Range
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Length
- 4.0 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 900 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,900 feet
Located on the outskirts of Colville, this trail is an ideal place to enjoy a rambling loop hike while peering down onto Main Street and the Colville Valley.
Gold Mountain
Olympic Peninsula > Kitsap Peninsula
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Length
- 4.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,087 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,687 feet
Gold Mountain is a beautiful hike from the Gold Creek Trailhead up a logging road and across country. With spectacular views of the Hood Canal and the Olympics to the west, as well as Mount Rainier, the Cascades, and Bremerton to the east, this is a definitely a half day hike you must experience.
Shelton View Forest
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 5.0 miles of trails
This forest is tucked away in a residential neighborhood in Bothell. A series of short trails wander through forested ravines, and provide opportunities to see birds and other wildlife.
Hindoo
Mount Rainier Area > Chinook Pass - Hwy 410
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Length
- 6.4 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 3,459 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,098 feet
This hard-to-follow route in the WIlliam O Douglas wilderness links the Rattlesnake Trail to Mount Aix, but it requires stamina and route-finding to get there.
Baker Hot Springs
North Cascades > Mount Baker Area
Drive a rough road to a short trail leading to extremely popular hot springs near Mount Baker.