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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4216 Hikes

Silver Star View Snowshoe

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

Length: 8.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 800 feet
Highest Point: 4,250 feet
Rating: Average rating:
2.50

(2 votes)

Dogs allowed on leash
Mountain views

A quiet snowshoe trip to views of Silver Star Mountain awaits the mid-week traveler in late fall and early spring. This road walk parallels the Early Winters Trail, the old route from Mazama to Washington Pass.

Tower Mountain

North Cascades > North Cascades Highway - Hwy 20

Length: 25.0 miles, roundtrip
Highest Point: 8,444 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

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The route to Tower Mountain is a Class 3 and involved exposed scrambling. Gear and experience recommended.

Nook Trail

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain

Length: 6.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 2,000 feet
Highest Point: 2,525 feet
Rating: Average rating:
2.71

(7 votes)

Mountain views

For those who enjoy the challenge of Mailbox Peak-style climbing, look no further than Issaquah to find her little brother, tightly packaged in a quad-exerting, heart-jerking direct climb to West Tiger 3’s hilltop vista.

Baker Preserve

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

Length: 3.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1,000 feet
Highest Point: 1,050 feet
Rating: Average rating:
4.50

(4 votes)

Dogs not allowed
Mountain views

This trail climbs steeply to reach an overlook with views of the San Juan Islands and beyond.

Placid and Chenamus Lakes

South Cascades > Mount Adams Area

Length: 5.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1,072 feet
Highest Point: 5,061 feet
Rating: Average rating:
4.25

(4 votes)

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Family-friendly Placid Lake is a great hike or first backpack for kids; in less than a mile, you are at a sandy beach with shallow water for wading and fishing, huckleberries for snacking and a big campsite for a picnic or camping. Keep going to visit another lake or a high meadow near the Pacific Crest Trail.

Bishop Ridge

South Cascades > Dark Divide

Length: 14.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 4,400 feet
Highest Point: 5,200 feet
Rating: Average rating:
3.00

(4 votes)

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Primarily used by motorized users, this trail climbs gradually to a scenic sub-alpine ridge, with views of Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, and the Goat Rocks. Shaded from top to bottom, but still quite strenuous, Bishop Ridge makes for a unique trip in a seldom-hiked part of Washington.

Queets River

Olympic Peninsula > Pacific Coast

Length: 22.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 600 feet
Highest Point: 800 feet
Rating: Average rating:
3.92

(12 votes)

Dogs not allowed
Established campsites
Old growth
Rivers
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The Queets River Trail is legendary for both its wild rainforest scenery and for the challenges it presents to the hiker. To begin, the trail can only be accessed after fording the glacier-born Queets River itself. Across the river, the trail is primitive and remote. Most hikers skip this trail either because of the ford or because it dead ends at 11 miles. But anglers and Olympiphiles hold a special place for this valley in their hearts.

Washougal River Greenway Trail

Southwest Washington > Vancouver Area

Length: 2.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 70 feet
Highest Point: 50 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

Dogs allowed on leash
Good for kids
Rivers
Wildlife

Bring your binoculars along on this hike through a birding hotspot, where 116 species have been seen, and watch for other wildlife — like deer — too.

Anacortes Community Forest Lands - Mount Erie

Puget Sound and Islands > Whidbey Island

Length: 5.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1,000 feet
Highest Point: 1,300 feet
Rating: Average rating:
4.40

(15 votes)

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The following trail segments have been closed to the public as portions of them are on private land: Lower portion of Sunrise/East Buttress Trail. Trail 247. Pigeon Stool Wall.

At 1300 feet, Mount Erie marks the high point of Fidalgo Island. While it's accessible via a road, the hike up to the summit is heart-pounding, and makes an excellent outing for the day, or just a few hours.

Point Colville

Puget Sound and Islands > San Juan Islands

Rating: Average rating:
5.00

(2 votes)

Coast
Dogs allowed on leash
Good for kids
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Enjoy wildflowers, solitude, and gorgeous views of Puget Sound on this lovely little hike down a pretty trail to Watmaugh Bay Beach. The park is located off Watmough Head Road, and the beach is beautiful; perfect for a picnic.

Walking Ebey's Trail System

Puget Sound and Islands > Whidbey Island

Length: 8.5 miles of trails
Highest Point: 200 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

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Good for kids
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Embrace the pastoral as you walk between central Whidbey Island parks alongside working farmland and wide, open fields.

Kendall Peak Lakes Snowshoe

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

Length: 9.0 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 1,700 feet
Highest Point: 4,400 feet
Rating: Average rating:
4.07

(15 votes)

Dogs allowed on leash
Lakes
Mountain views

Kendall Peak Lakes are popular snowshoe destinations, since the trailhead is about one hour from Seattle, the grade is gentle and the views superb. The route is relatively easy to follow because it follows an closed forest road.

Kendall Peak

Snoqualmie Region > Snoqualmie Pass

Length: 9.2 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 2,800 feet
Highest Point: 5,784 feet
Rating: Average rating:
3.50

(6 votes)

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A scramble to the top of the main ridge that towers above the Snoqualmie Pass section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Climbing gear and expertise required.

Cooper River

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

Length: 7.8 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 400 feet
Highest Point: 2,800 feet
Rating: Average rating:
3.50

(14 votes)

Dogs allowed on leash
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Kids will love this hike because there’s so much to see: a rushing river, a lush old-growth forest dotted with wildflowers and, if you’re lucky, plenty of wildlife.

Frosty Pass

Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East

Length: 11.3 miles, one-way
Elevation Gain: 3,500 feet
Highest Point: 5,700 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

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Often used to create loops in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, the Frosty - Wildhorse trail departs from a junction with the Icicle Creek trail and climbs a moderate grade across densely-wooded terrain.

Sinister Peak

North Cascades

Highest Point: 8,440 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

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Dome Peak

North Cascades

Elevation Gain: 8,132 feet
Highest Point: 8,920 feet
Rating: Average rating:
0.00

(0 votes)

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The route to Dome Peak is a Class 5 and involves exposed climbing. Gear and experience recommended.

Lake Lois Habitat Reserve

Olympic Peninsula > Olympia

Length: 0.25 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 0 feet
Rating: Average rating:
2.00

(1 vote)

Dogs allowed on leash
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Good for kids
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The Lake Lois Habitat Reserve consists of 28.6 acres within the city of Lacey. You can take a hike on the 0.25-mile interpretive loop trail, and try to spot some local wildlife. Relax on the beach or even go fishing in Lake Lois which is fed by Woodland Creek.

Bordeaux Ghost Town

Olympic Peninsula > Olympia

Rating: Average rating:
3.25

(4 votes)

Bordeaux Ghost Town is located on private property. This, in addition to its status as an archaeological site and concerns over graffiti and excessive trash has led to the land manager requesting that people refrain from visiting the site.

Seven Pass Loop (Pasayten)

North Cascades > Pasayten

Length: 26.6 miles, roundtrip
Elevation Gain: 4,100 feet
Highest Point: 7,446 feet
Rating: Average rating:
4.67

(3 votes)

Dogs allowed on leash
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This breathtaking loop offers an undulating ridge walk on the Pacific Crest Trail, a jaunt through the West Fork Pasayten River Valley — one of the priority areas in WTA's Lost Trails Found campaign — and views from the highest fire lookout in the state.