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4.7 (98 reviews)

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Mushrooms we found along the path.
Alden C.

Beautiful trail mixed with asphalt and gravel on the way to Puget Sound. As you stroll along the path near the creek you come across lots of plant life and the trickling stream which makes the walk so very tranquil. Just before arriving to the beach which was an area of former railroad activity and there is old, inactive rail there you go through a tunnel that was there for that purpose before arriving at the beach. Once you do arrive at the beach there is more abandoned rail and a gravely beach with a gorgeous view of several nearby islands. This trail is very manageable and easy to take the family on with plenty of scenery!

JR P.

Free Public Parking Restrooms available Trail open to the public Pet friendly Mountain Bike allowed Jogging, Running, Rucking allowed A entry level hike to start your weekend or weekday off. A short and easy trail that ends at a nice view to the Sound. Well worth the trip for friends and family. Distance from entrance to the Ocean is 1.5 miles one way. A easy walk downhill, coming backup will give you the better work out. Best to come extra early here before everyone else, especially if you plan to use your Mountain Bike. The roads are a bit Narrow and have blind side so be extra careful. Also worth mentioning, please pick up after your pets and self. Keep the area clean and safe for others. Overall a easy hike just to release some stress.

Gorgeous scenery
Kandis P.

This is a beautiful trail! It is roughly 1.5 miles from the parking lot to the water at then end, which makes for a nice round trip run. It weaves through trees and lots of wildlife, which is a nice treat. Some of the trail is gravel, some dirt, and a lot of it is paved. It is fairly flat and you generally see a lot of people (especially families) along the way, so it definitely isn't scary. There were a lot of people playing fetch with their dogs at the end of the trail. Plus, there is a short but very cool train tunnel that you go through near the water before you emerge at the end. I'm visiting from out of town and have ran this twice this week. I'm hoping to squeeze it in a couple more times before leaving.

The bay
Crystal L.

It's such a charming trail, especially in the Fall! You hear the sounds of birds, wind blowing through the leaves; such a wonderful trail to destress (Be sure to wear proper shoes, the trail is mostly gravel and it's stoney by the bay)

Train Crossing
Liz W.

There is plenty of parking, as you start on to your hike there are plenty of signs giving you information about this lovely place and its dog friendly they have poop bags for your pooch your trail starts on a dirt path which than leads to a paved road the trail itself is peaceful with lots of trees, plants, and you can see birds, butterflies depending on when you visit as you continue on the trail you can hear the sound of the creek as you walk throughout the 3 mile hike and there are post letting you know how far you've walked, run etc... towards the end is a dirt trail you have 2 options 1 leads into a train tunnel the other Puget Sound really doesn't matter which path you take cause you will end at the same location and see a Great View of the sound The one thing that I noticed during my hike there were No trash cans at the beginning or end of the trail which will only lead to littering in this beautiful environment.

Easy to follow trail
Donna N.

Good exercise and great view of the sound. It's close to a 3 mile walk and mostly gravel. As beautiful as it is and they even offer plenty of dog poop bags at the trailhead, but some people still won't pick up after their dogs.

Sunset
Josh B.

This is a really nice trail in little ole DuPont. The trail starts out paved and then turns into small/medium sized rocks. I like that some of the rocks are spray painted neon orange so if you go closer to dusk you can find your way back out of the boonies. I will say that as the sun starts going down the trail is a little spooky so go with a partner if you can. The reason I say this is once you get to the tunnels that the railroad goes over sometimes "people" hang out underneath so you have to run the gauntlet of going underneath the tracks so that you can see the overwhelmingly beautiful sunset on the water or scamper back to your car. The other reason I say bring a partner (or even a dog) is there are a lot of unmarked side trails or trails that are marked but with very small hand written white paper signs and it's easy to get lost. Now getting what's nice about getting lost is that you can get lost, so to speak mentally, it's very peaceful on the trail. Oddly, I didn't even hear any birds. It was soooo quiet. I almost thought a Sasquatch would run out and flash me or something. Watch out for deer and other wildlife as well as poison oak. They have doggy doo bags at the beginning of the trail and that's it so stock up before you hit the trail.

Olystacy B.

THIS PLACE IS AWESOME. My daughter said, "don't post a review on yelp, i don't want people to know about it". LOL. This place is one of the best kept secrets apparently. It is a beautiful easy hike along the creek. It is paved or gravel and anyone can do it. My 4 year old traversed it easily. A jogger stroller could easily make it down and back. I would say it would be a good hike for all ages and abilities. We went in the fall and the leaves were amazing! Great place for pictures. You have a cool tunnel, lush greenery, the beach, and a neat old wooden fence for backdrops. Lots of crabs on the beach if you turn up some rocks! The tide was coming in so we didnt make it to the sand bar to see the ship but we will definitely be back another day to see it. Pack a picnic and enjoy yourself on the beach. We were the only ones there for over an hour. You can see McNeil Island, Nisqually, and Anderson Island. It was windy when we were there so the whitecaps on the water were neat to see. Gorgeous place! It took us about 30 minutes down and 30 back (with a whiney toddler). Park in the lot between the civic center and police department. The sign to the trail is little but if you are facing north it is to your right.

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Beautiful, only 1.5 miles to get there and 1.5 miles back . Great scenery of the forest and at the end you see the ocean

Leah W.

Easy hike. Kid and dog friendly. I didn't see a restroom at the location. That is why I gave it a 4. If there was one I didn't see it marked. Otherwise it was great. It was at the Dupont Police station so it was nice not worrying about parking or car break in. Overall great under 3 mile walk/hike.

Alyssa W.

I did this walk with my sister and daughter. I was a little nervous to see an animal on the trail, and of course we crossed paths with a coyote. But it did us no harm, thankfully. The trail itself was beautiful! Lots of green moss enormous trees. The sound of the flowing water was so peaceful. And of course the end of the trail leads you to this beautiful water point. We got to take some great pictures! Pushing our stroller back to the beginning of the trail was a little more difficult, it definitely gave your glutes a good workout!

trail start
Cody C.

Short, wide, well worn, partially paved 1.5 mile trail through an evergreen forest, skirting a small creek and ending at the sound. Its fairly busy, you can expect to run into at least 5 or 6 other groups, possibly with on or off leash dogs. Occasionally requires a skip hop over muddy patches. Mostly level, but generally felt like it has a slow decline going out, and the obvious reciprocal incline going back. Good for a 1 to 5 mile run.

Justin T.

A wide path that was once a single-gauge railroad begins in a city parking lot and gently slopes down through mossy, fern covered forest. You will pass beneath a railroad bridge, near a little swamp, and you can see clumps of trees and shrubberies growing through abandoned train tracks. The tracks terminate right over the edge of the sea, ready to transport some ghostly cargo to or from the murky depths of the sound. On descent, you will occasionally see but mostly hear the babbling of the creek as it gently cascades over stones. A pebble beach with panoramic views of Anderson Island and the white capped Olympic mountains is your final reward for finishing this easy hike. There is also a dirty bucket filled with stones and a tennis ball to borrow for playing with your favorite member of the genus canus domesticus. A picture of a little girl and a floppy golden retriever explains that it is a memorial for Lucy. Speaking of children, there were numerous kiddos in strollers and on foot with their parents. The signs implied that bikes are allowed to tread this path, though it seems like it would be very fun to have to go downhill whilst constantly having to dodge family units with children and pets sprawling every which way. Plus, it's about a 25 minute walk on foot, hardly anything at all. Twilight fell on my way back out, and though I could not see them, I could hear two owls hoo hoo-ing at each other very close by. I think they must be in love because owls usually hate and eat each other, don't they? R.I.P Lucy

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Very beautiful trail. I take my family through here a lot and couldn't be more perfect of a still.

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Wonderful place to hike and see the Puget Sound. Paved trails and not terribly demanding physically.

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Beautiful! I live really close to this trail and it gives beautiful views of the puget sound!

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Nice trail for a run or a walk with young children. Highly recommend if you would like some alone time overlooking the sound!

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Farrel's Marsh Wildlife Area - Tree frog on blackberry vine

Farrel's Marsh Wildlife Area

5.0(4 reviews)
4.6 mi

At the top of Chambers street in Steilacoom, lies 62 acres of hidden paradise with a 15-acre pond…read morecalled Farrell's Marsh. This treasured wetland and park is home to a diverse biosphere of native plants, birds, mammals, and amphibians. The main trail of the park is a vestige of the historic road between Fort Steilacoom and Fort Nisqually constructed in the 1830s by the Hudson Bay Company. A pre 1917 Assessors Map shows the marsh, then known as Light's Swamp, as a continuous swamp of approximately 40 acres. Around 1917 the marsh was drained to create a pasture for livestock. In 1930 Fort Lewis bisected the land with a road off Union Avenue. By the 1960s pastoral farming ended to urbanization as Steilacoom expanded. The new developments increased street drainage and outflow, partially reviving the marsh. In 1975 it was purchased by the town with a State grant to be preserved as a protected wetland. Kill Trap Wetlands are ideal for beaver, natures ecosystem engineers, and provide habitat for many endangered species. The algae and plants in the pond improve water quality by absorbing dissolved nutrients, processing organic wastes, and detoxifying toxic street runoff (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides and fertilizers). Through the years beaver have inhabited the marsh and in December 2019 returned, strengthening the derelict dam at the 1917 man made outflow. During the wet months of January, the dam held fast with heavy rains exceeding 5.5 inches in just 5 days, while still allowing a continuous flow of water. The park has recently become a local controversy over how the town plans to mitigate the beavers and the dam. The concern is the potential to downstream flooding, should the dam break. Past flooding has occurred largely due to undersized, substandard and blocked culverts along Union Avenue. Kill Trap Mayor Ron Lucas confirmed he hired a trapper to trap and kill the beaver after a park visitor discovered a lethal "Conibear" kill trap and surveillance camera near one of the trails. There was an immediate concern for public safety since no warning signage was posted and these dangerous traps which could easily kill a large dog or injure a child. The traps, according to the mayor, have been removed with the plans on hold, but as of 29 May, the trail camera remains. COVID-19 has restricted wildlife management from dispatching specialists to the field. However, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) advised council woman Nancy Henderson that the impact of the beaver should be objectively assessed prior to implementing any further plans. Pursuant to RCW 77.55 a Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA) permit must be issued by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) to remove or modify a beaver dam on a natural or modified watercourse. Trail Surveilance Camera Dees and Associates 1998 Farrell's Marsh Basin Study advised to effectively achieve flood control a 2.25-foot-wide outlet should be installed. Driveway culverts should be up sized to between 36-42 inches. None of the recommendations were implemented. WDFW stated beaver trapping is both costly and temporary, as beaver will return. Other mitigating more effective measures are available such as a flexible pond leveler or a beaver deceiver. So where are we today? Before further public monies are expended on trapping, subject matter experts must conduct a risk assessment of the current ineffective culvert drainage system on Union Avenue. WDRW Region 6 habitat biologists should be consulted regarding all recommended interventions. Decisions on the long-term impact of this wetland park should be discussed in public forum, including the elected members of the city council; not the unilateral decision of one person. Let's learn to live with them, not without them. Those who wish to remain current on this issue can join the Facebook Group, "Citizens for the Protection and Preservation of the Farrell Marsh."

This is a tiny hidey-hole of a portal in a forgotten corner of Steilacoom. Enter this dark forest…read moreand you will immediately be surrounded by a sense of enigma...and foreboding... Tiny paths digress from the main trails and dead end at the moor's edge. Tangles of ivy and prickly things will grasp your arms and legs whilst curiosity leads you forward like a coy, evil faery with a casual giggle and a curled-finger. Onward, ever onward, you seek to know what lies just beyond the next bend in the dense hedges until you find yourself stepping into a circle of giant mushrooms, onto a muddy clearing that seems just slightly out of place. What looks like a path beckons from the other side, you take a step, then another. Your nervous bae fidgets behind you like a colt that smells a faint trace of blood spilled by some predatory feline. "Can we go back now?" she says, trying to mask the fear, the adrenaline that closes around her throat like icy fingers. "Let me just take a peek around this shrubbery. I see something weird...these roots...what?" "Bae?" "I'm sinking! My feet! Oh my god..." "BAE!!!!" "The blue lights, I see the blue lights. Run, J-Bae! Run!" "AHHHHHHH!" MEOW! A portal opens. The faery laughs and laughs. Your curiosity is sated...forever...

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Jacob's Point Park

Jacob's Point Park

5.0(2 reviews)
4.2 mi

Jacob's Point is a small preserve on Anderson Island with a 3 mile walking path that illustrates…read moreboth the beauty and the history of the island. There are many stops along the path, mostly to see the Puget Sound and Mount Rainer in the background. I'm always impressed with Mount Rainer because it seems to poke out of the skyline from nowhere. There are certainly Cascade Mountains that border Mount Rainer, but they are not nearly as high and nor are they visible unless you head towards the mountains. There is one stop showing the remnants of one of the first homesteads on the island. The only thing left is the brick chimney. Apparently, it was a hay farm for a few years before the family moved off the island to find work elsewhere. I can't imagine how hard it would've been to have a hay farm on the island. You would essentially have to provide all the food for yourself and figure out how to transport your hay to market. The most interesting part of the trail was the old brickyard. The mud in the area provided good brickmaking material and the cove on the Puget Sound enabled the brickmaker to ship the heavy bricks to buyers elsewhere. Initially, it didn't make sense to me to have a heavy brickmaking facility on a hard to reach island but if your mode of transport is feet away from the facility, it makes more sense. The boats would float into the cove during high tide before settling on to supports at low tide. At that time, they could fill the boat with bricks. The boat would raise off the supports at high tide and head to market. For someone like myself who grew up in the Midwest, it was interesting to see how businesses could use the tides to their advantage. Unfortunately for this particular brickmaking company, the brick market collapsed a few years after they started operation and were forced to shut down.

Although you can map the GPS coordinates, there is no precise address for the park entrance. From…read morethe ferry dock, take Yoman Road south, then when it turns into Eckenstam - Johnson Road (keep left at the Y-intersection) continue south. It's about 2.7-3.2 miles from the dock, depending on how you map it, with the trailhead and small parking lot with signage on the left. Anderson Island is worth a trip just to visit this pretty little trail. It begins by winding through a marsh on a boardwalk, then proceeds through open woods to the chimney and the site of the Jacob family pioneer family. From there, the trail leads to a clean, waterless composting pit toilet. and to some cutbanks overlooking the south side of Oro Bay. At low tide you can explore the kelp-y, pebbly beaches. I heard tell of a sea cave (also mentioned on park websites), but I did not see it for myself. I did however see the sea. The website also warns of being trapped by "sucking mud" and the tides. Certainly, when the tides are coming it, be sure to know where you got down to the beach and keep it in sight, as the banks are steep all around and access points are limited. Even if the tide is in, the end of the point features a stunning view of Mt. Rainier, shining bright, or reflecting brightly, rather. The trail is mostly level with a few bumps, well maintained, and easy to follow.

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American Lake Park - Can't miss it! Amarillo F350

American Lake Park

3.3(23 reviews)
4.7 mi

Out of all honesty I'm hovering between three to four stars on this park. Much of it revolves…read morearound the timing of when you go here I imagine. Most of the surrounding shore that makes up American Lake looks to be private and this park seems to be more of a boat launching point for the general public to use for utilizing the lake. The park itself is quite small and that also goes for the parking lot as well. The day I went was a warm day so the park was full as well as the designated lots. Filled lots for certain parks often times in neighborhoods aren't really that big of a deal because you can use curbside parking that is usually nearby but in this part of Lakewood there is no curbside parking at all and it looks like parking in front of someone's house doesn't seem like it's a good idea because one gets the idea you are parking in their yard and not on a curb. So what I did was park in an area that was designated for a school and carefully looked for any parking restrictions given the amount of time it would take for me to walk to the park, check it out for a bit then walk back. This proved to not be an issue parking here but the walk was a bit long. Fortunately the day that I picked to go to American Lake was a clear day and if you walk to the boat docks you can get a good view of Mount Rainier and the the lake itself is very pretty. But don't assume you can get a clear view of the mountain all of the time. Overcast is not unusual. There is also a decent looking beach here as far as lake beaches go but like everything the day I went it was fairly crowded. The boat ramp was in full use as well and a line of cars were waiting to unload as well. Definitely a very busy park the day I went despite it's size. Aside from the crowds this park isn't too bad and if you can enjoy the view of Mount Rainier and the water I'd definitely bump that aspect of the park up to four stars.

I can't believe I haven't been to this park sooner. It's just the right size and not overcrowded…read more It's a small nice park with lots of parking and boat/dock access for fishing and boats. I bet it probably gets kind of busy in the warmer months but it's perfect in the spring to just grab a folding chair and just sit out by the lake unhampered. There isn't much actual beach, but rather the green grass steeply slopes down hill directly into the reasonably clean water. There is signage that there is no lifeguard on duty, so swim at your own risk. This would be a perfect free place to cool down if you're too hot and it's a small enough roped off swimming area that it may be more hard to lose your kids. You should still keep an eye on them though as any good person should. There is also a small playground as well if your little ones don't want to go near the water. There is also a single outdoor show for rinsing off before you head on home and the restrooms with handicapped accessibility are reasonably clean. I didn't see a doggy doo bag station though which explains the few spots of dog turds near the beach which kind of makes me think the water is icky if that runs off into the water. I just really think this is an excellent place to come and get an unobstructed view of the lake. So often do all the houses block bodies of water as the land is coveted. I will definitely be back with a picnic blanket and maybe a good book.

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American Lake Park - Such a great view of Mt. Rainier!

Such a great view of Mt. Rainier!

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Pacific NW Float Trips

Pacific NW Float Trips

2.4(69 reviews)
135.5 mi

This entire experience was terrible. I bought a groupon (who actually has great customer service…read morebtw) for class 3 and 4 white water rafting. We booked the rafting trip one month in advance through email communication with Captain Dave. The day before our rafting trip, I emailed him to confirm the meeting location. He emailed back saying the trip was cancelled. Well, gee, thanks for telling us before we drove an hour to Index, WA. That should have been a red flag right there that this was not a reliable company. But I really wanted to go white water rafting as I have never been before. So I scheduled out another trip for a date a month in the future. I again emailed the day before to confirm the meeting location. I received an email back saying the meeting location had changed, to a location that was two and a half hours from where I lived. Well, once again, thanks for letting me know in advance! I'm just glad I had the common sense to email and check both times. I should have taken that as the second red flag. But again, I really wanted to go white water rafting. So we get to the meeting site today, and are told that there is no white water left anywhere in the state of Washington. Well, okay. But then five minutes later, another tour guide told us it's because they don't have the permits to go up the river where there might be white water. Why are you running a company for white water rafting if you don't have the right permits?? I was told through email that the trip would be 3-4 hours long, which is good because I had a meeting I had to get back to in Seattle at 3:30pm and the trip should end at 1:30pm at the latest. We ended up floating on a river for 6 hours in the hot sun. I missed my meeting, was starving since no warning was given it would be 6 hours and no food or water was provided, and my boyfriend was very sunburnt since, once again, didn't expect to be floating on a river for 6 hours in direct sunlight. tldr; stay away from this company because they will cancel trips the day before, lie to you because they don't actually have white water rafting when they say they do, and float you an extended amount of time without warning or food or water. The tour guides are really great though and I'm sorry they have to work for this kind of company

Peaceful floating down the river. Weather was fine. Little windy on the river…read more Nice views, saw so.e birds.

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Pacific NW Float Trips - Whitehorse Mt. above Sauk River

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Whitehorse Mt. above Sauk River

Sequalitchew Creek Trail - hiking - Updated May 2026

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