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Photo of Community Trail in Mt. VernonTrails: Taking the Path to a Healthier You

Trails provide people in Washington with a variety of opportunities to improve their health through physical activity. Trails can be found everywhere, from national and state parks to urban areas. And, especially in Washington, trails are more than walking.

Washington State Parks and other organizations support water trails, such as the Cascadia Marine Trail which stretches for 140 miles from South Puget Sound (Olympia) to the Canadian border with primitive campgrounds along the way for people traveling the trail in kayaks, canoes, and sailboats. Trails provide a wide variety of ways to be physically active and have fun.

Trails for Health (External Site) brochures in English and Spanish are available online. These brochures contain information about accessing trails for physical activity to improve health and prevent chronic disease.

Washington Trails:

Washington State Parks: You'll find nearly 700 miles of trails in Washington state parks, from short interpretive nature walks to challenging long-distance treks. For more information about trails, including mountain bike, equestrian and water trails, visit the parks Web site. (External Site)

Washington State Department of Transportation: An online map of bicycle trails throughout the state. (External Site)

Washington Trails Association: An online trails guide can be searched by location, length and difficulty of hike. (External Site)

Washington Water Trails Association (External Site)

City, County & Regional Trails:

Chelan-Douglas: Wenatchee Foothills Trails (External Site)

Clark County trails (External Site)

Cowlitz County trails (External Site)

Grays Harbor trails (PDF - 881 KB)

King County:

Pierce County trails (External Site)

San Juan County: San Juan County Parks has trails listings by island (External Site)

Skagit County trails (External Site)

Spokane County trails (External Site)

Thurston County Trails (External Site)
 


 
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Last Update: 09/18/2007 01:18 PM