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 HikesGarfield Nature Trail
Olympic Peninsula > Olympia
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Length
- 0.6 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 139 feet
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Highest Point
- 175 feet
This short and sweet neighborhood trail on the west side of Olympia will take hikers through a quiet forested ravine and out to views of the Puget Sound.
Snipes Mountain - Pine Way
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 5.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 500 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,800 feet
A short connector trail to the Snipes Mountain trail and other adventures on the southern flanks of Mount Adams.
Shorthorn
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 5.6 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,445 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,160 feet
Enjoy the extensive wildflowers, creeks and views of Mount Adams in a landscape renewing itself following a severe fire.
Round The Mountain
South Cascades
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Length
- 9.6 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 1,613 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,431 feet
Hike 8 miles on a trail that passes many lakes, through wildflower fields, and connects with the Pacific Crest Trail.
Potato Hill
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Elevation Gain
- 787 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,387 feet
Potato Hill is a summit just off from the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mount Adams Area. There is no trail to the summit, and the top marks the boundary to the Yakama Reservation.
Stagman Ridge, Horseshoe Meadow, Lookingglass Lake
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 14.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 2,400 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,100 feet
Hike through wildflower-filled burned forest to subalpine meadows, a small reflecting lake and views of Mount Adams.
High Camp
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 1.0 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 800 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,928 feet
Aptly named High Camp sits at timberline on the northwest side of Mount Adams and offers stupendous views.
Gotchen Creek
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 2.9 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 1,000 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,600 feet
Gotchen Creek Trail is a 2.9-mile, high-elevation, single-track in the middle of Gotchen Meadow, south of Mount Adams and the Mount Adams Wilderness. This trail intersects with Cold Springs Trail (#72) and Morrison Creek Trail (#39) and crosses Hole-in-the-Ground Creek.
Crofton Butte
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 4.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 600 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,750 feet
This quiet trail will lead you alongside Crofton Ridge and through the Mount Adams Wilderness. In the spring, lupine flowers welcome you into an area still recovering from a 2015 wildfire. Later in the summer, you can fill up on ripe blueberries and tiny wild strawberries.
Council Bluff
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 3.2 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 950 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,180 feet
From its rocky and rutted beginnings, to the short last push to the top of a former fire lookout site, this trail boasts big rewards for very little effort. The west slope of Mount Adams is right there behind you as you head to the top of Council Bluff to face the mountain in full.
Burnt Rock
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 12.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,700 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,100 feet
Burnt Rock is a scenic, fire-scarred outcrop near the Pacific Crest Trail on the west side of Mount Adams. The best way to approach Burnt Rock is via Divide Camp Trail. This route offers the easiest climb to the PCT, after which point the hike becomes a nearly level promenade of vistas, wildflowers, and cascades.
Buck Creek 2
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 3.2 miles, roundtrip
Here's a low-key, gentle hike, clocking in at 3.2 miles roundtrip and weaving through old-growth firs, past a stream, and onto a summit within the first mile. After viewing Mount Adams and Mount Hood from this viewpoint, follow the trail by crossing a jeep track.
Buck Creek-Morrison Creek-Wicky Creek Loop
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 8.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 4,100 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,800 feet
Get a taste for the south slopes of Mount Adams area when the snow is still in the high country on this eight mile loop combining the Buck Creek Trail, Morrison Creek Trail, and Wicky Creek Trail.
Takhlakh Lake and Takh Takh Meadow
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 3.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 500 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,624 feet
A figure-eight loop around Takhlakh Lake and past Takh Takh Meadow, ascending up a lava flow for fantastic vistas of Mount Rainier, the Goat Rocks, and Mount Adams. You can also do a lake-only loop is also possible for a much shorter and leveler hike.
Stagman Ridge - The Bumper
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 9.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,700 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,900 feet
Stagman Ridge is a long spine reaching out southwest from Mount Adams, and the hike through the pleasing forest is never overly steep.
Goat Peak Lookout
North Cascades > Methow/Sawtooth
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Length
- 3.7 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 1,400 feet
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Highest Point
- 7,001 feet
Views of majestic peaks and the vibrant golden hues of larches come autumn - Goat Peak Lookout offers both, as well as the commanding views you'd expect of a working fire lookout. Though steep at times, the trail's short length makes it a perfect hike to introduce kids and newer hikers to the grandeur of the Methow and North Cascades.
Fallen Leaf Lake
Southwest Washington > Vancouver Area
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Length
- 1.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 500 feet
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Highest Point
- 540 feet
This city park provides an excellent retreat from the busy area of Vancouver and Portland in the small suburb of Camas.
Mount Baring
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
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Length
- 7.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,500 feet
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Highest Point
- 6,129 feet
A fairly well used climber's trail goes straight up, and up, and then up Mount Baring. The trail requires moderate navigational skills and possibly climbing equipment in bad weather.
Klickitat Haul Road
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
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Length
- 7.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 825 feet
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Highest Point
- 825 feet
This hike is a nice, long road walk leading to a trail, a good alternate to the Klickitat Rail Trail for a change of scenery.
Ranger Hole - Interrorem Nature Trail
Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal
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Length
- 1.85 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 292 feet
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Highest Point
- 515 feet
A short hike through history, the Ranger Hole trailhead features a ranger’s cabin built over 100 years ago, a short trail through a re-growing forest, and a walk down to the turquoise waters of the Duckabush River.
Antoine Peak Conservation Area - Arrowleaf Trail
Eastern Washington > Spokane Area/Coeur d'Alene
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Length
- 5.38 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 840 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,928 feet
Take one of three trails available from Antoine Peak's newest trailhead.
Kayu Kayu Ac Park
Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
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Length
- 0.1 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 0 feet
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Highest Point
- 50 feet
This small park in Shoreline is great for families or an evening stroll.
Poet Ridge (Little Wenatchee Ridge)
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 15.0 miles, roundtrip
A 15-mile one-way bushwhack route along a long ridge west of Lake Wenatchee and north of Highway 2. Route-finding skills required.
Meander Meadow - Dishpan Gap - Cady Ridge Loop
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - East
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Length
- 16.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 3,500 feet
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Highest Point
- 5,600 feet
This is a great weekend backpacking trip for wildflower lovers. Miles of wildflowers along Meander Meadow and Cady Ridge will delight the hiker who passes through during July and August. Fantastic views of the Cascades, Glacier Peak and plunging valleys add to the allure, and it's all packaged up in a 16-mile loop.
Horseshoe Basin (Stehekin)
Central Cascades > Entiat Mountains/Lake Chelan
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Length
- 1.6 miles, one-way
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Elevation Gain
- 1,315 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,950 feet
A spectacular, waterfall-filled cirque near Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm, Horseshoe Basin is just far enough away from both trailheads that access it to warrant making it an overnight trip. But you'll need to be sure to have your backpacking permits should you elect to hike here.
Brooks Memorial State Park
Southwest Washington > Columbia River Gorge - WA
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Length
- 5.0 miles of trails
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Elevation Gain
- 200 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,856 feet
This state park has trails that wind through a forest of Ponderosa pine and Oregon white oak in the Simcoe Mountains near the Columbia River Gorge. Some trails take you up to meadows with wildflowers in the spring and views of Mount Hood in Oregon on a clear day.
Hand Shake Trail
South Cascades > Mount Adams Area
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Length
- 0.01 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 0 feet
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Highest Point
- 4,200 feet
This short, accessible trail leads to a monument honoring the Hand Shake Agreement of 1932 that reserved a portion of the Sawtooth Berry Fields for use by Native Americans.
Taylor Mountain - Road G
Issaquah Alps > Taylor Mountain
A roadwalk turned trail on Taylor Mountain.
Maloney Creek Interpretive Trail
Central Cascades > Stevens Pass - West
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Length
- 1.0 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 20 feet
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Highest Point
- 1,028 feet
A half-mile ramble through quiet forest near Skykomish.
Lower Wolf Trail
Eastern Washington > Selkirk Range
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Length
- 1.4 miles, roundtrip
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Elevation Gain
- 83 feet
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Highest Point
- 2,277 feet
The Lower Wolf trails, adjacent to Newport, include some wide-open views of the Pend Oreille River valley. The trails are popular with hikers, mountain bikers, cross-country skiers, and snowshoers.