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Falls Creek Falls drops 265 feet in a dramatic three-tiered plunge in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest near Carson — one of the tallest and most spectacular waterfall hikes in southern Washington.
<p>The Cypress Swamp Trail boardwalk penetrates one of Florida's finest examples of virgin bald cypress swamp—trees that were never logged because the terrain was too wet and remote for early 20th-cen...
<p>Third Beach is one of Olympic's most dramatic coastal destinations, a mile-long crescent of wild sand bracketed by headlands and sea stacks that rise 100 feet from the surf. The 1.4-mile approach t...
Comet Falls drops 320 feet in a spectacular multi-tiered plunge on Mount Rainier — the tallest waterfall in the national park and the reward at the end of one of the most demanding and beautiful trails in Washington State.
Wallace Falls State Park's main trail visits three distinct waterfalls — Lower, Middle, and Upper — culminating in a 265-foot cascade with views of the Skykomish Valley below.
<p>The Young Hammock Trail provides a fascinating ecological counterpoint to the adjacent Big Oak Trail, passing through a developing hardwood hammock that illustrates successional stages of central F...
<p>The Hoh River Trail is the primary artery into Olympic's legendary temperate rainforest, following the glacier-fed Hoh River 8.7 miles one-way to a basecamp at Glacier Meadows, where the Blue Glaci...
Sol Duc Falls drops 50 feet in four separate chutes into a narrow basalt gorge in the heart of Olympic National Park — one of the most spectacular short hikes in all of Washington State.
Narada Falls drops 188 feet from the Paradise River into a basalt canyon on the slopes of Mount Rainier — a roadside waterfall accessible in minutes and dramatic at any season.
<p>The Big Oak Trail is the crown jewel of Highlands Hammock State Park's trail system, leading visitors directly to ancient live oaks estimated to be over 1,000 years old. These massive specimens—som...
<p>Grand Ridge Trail traverses one of the most exposed subalpine ridges in Olympic National Park, running along a 6,450-foot spine with unobstructed views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Vancouver Isla...
Twin Falls drops in two tiers through a dramatic old-growth gorge on the South Fork Snoqualmie River in Olallie State Park — one of the finest short waterfall hikes in King County.
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