Hikes · Washington
Best hikes in Washington.
Washington hiking is rainforest, volcano, and the jagged North Cascades, with wildflower meadows that explode for a few weeks in late summer. The high country stays snowbound into July and the weather turns fast; the larch-gold window in late September is worth planning a whole trip around. Pack rain gear even in August.
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14 hikes worth the detour.
Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.
a dripping rainforest cathedral — family/RV-accessible
Cape Flatteryboardwalks to the northwesternmost point of the Lower 48
Rattlesnake Ledgea popular cliff-top view near Seattle
Lake 22old-growth forest to a cliff-ringed cirque
Tolmie Peak (Rainier)a fire lookout over Eunice Lake and Rainier
Snow Lake (Snoqualmie)a popular alpine lake near the pass
Skyline Trail (Mt Rainier)wildflower meadows right under the volcano
Maple Pass Loop (North Cascades)larch-gold ridgelines and alpine lakes
Colchuck Lakea turquoise lake below the Enchantments
Mount Sithe classic Seattle conditioning climb
Shriner Peak Fire Lookouta steep, uncrowded climb to a historic fire lookout and one of Mount Rainier's grandest valley panoramas
Mount Storm King (Lake Crescent)ropes to a heart-stopping lake overlook
Vesper Peak (Mountain Loop Hwy)a steep North Cascades classic past Headlee Pass to a granite summit over Vesper Lake
The Enchantments (thru-hike)a bucket-list alpine traverse; permit
Plan the Washington trip
Hikes, gems, scenic drives — all in one Washington guide.
See everything worth the detour in Washington, then let Roamward build the trip around it. Know a Washington trail we’re missing? Add it — we’re building this with the people who actually hike it.