Hiking Trails near Lake Heights, WA

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General Description The following tour is offered by The World Outdoors. For more information, please visit TheWorldOutdoors.com , call 800-488-8483 or e-mail us . Dates: 2008: July 13-18 and August 3-8. Activities: Hike (... wildernet.com

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A few Seattle parks provide a glimpse of the way it was by harboring the last stands of the thick forest that once covered the region. The Washington Park Arboretum is a similar sanctuary, instead featuring exotic plant life ... trails.com

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It might be hard to believe, but this modest park helped build Seattle. Supplying coal to a rapidly expanding population across the lake, the Newcastle mine that used to operate here fueled the region?s explosive growth at th... trails.com

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Located in the middle of 1,300 acres of state forest, Tiger Mountain is one of the most popular mountain bike areas in the Puget Sound region. Only forty minutes from downtown, Tiger is home to more than 30 miles of off-road ... trails.com

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- The park contains 506 acres with 6,858 feet of waterfront on Lake Sammamish. The park includes diverse natural wetlands, a large blue heron rookery and the salmon-bearing Issaquah Creek. The boat launch area is located n... wildernet.com

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This Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department gem offers easy access to a vast array of native plants and wildlife, just minutes from downtown. The vestigial wetlands provide a window into life here prior to modern de... trails.com

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Christened "Poo Poo Point" by guidebook author and activist Harvey Manning, in honor of the "poo poo"; sound made by loggers' steam whistles, this grassy perch in Tiger Mountain State Forest offers postcard views acr... trimbleoutdoors.com

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Cougar Mountain receives many visitors, but most are concentrated at the busy Red Town trailhead, far from the mountain?s high point at Wilderness Peak. The quiet Wilderness Creek Trail climbs to the park?s little-known summi... trails.com

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Sometimes we humans do get it right and this area proves it. The old mining community of Red Town built a ball field in a previously spectacular meadowland, and when King County Parks reclaimed Cougar Mountain, a few advocate... trails.com

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When the pressures of the office get too much, this Tiger Mountain trail is just close enough to hike after business hours, and just wild enough to make you forget those urban cares for a few hours. The plethora of trails aro... trails.com

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Well maintained and well marked, Squak Mountain is a good intermediate trail. The close proximity to Issaquah makes it an urban wilderness that is especially good for an evening run after work. Since there hasn?t been any log... trails.com

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Water, water everywhere and quite a drop it takes! Cougar Mountain?s Coal Creek Falls is the primary attraction here, but it?s the water underfoot that really makes the area special. Such abundance helps keep the forest green... trails.com

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With three trail opportunities, High Point trailhead is ideal for children. Choose between the easy Tradition Lake trail, a moderate climb to Talus Rocks where children can find out about the bat caves, and a very strenuous c... trails.com

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In the middle of the busy ?east side? is a 482-acre, second-growth forest park crisscrossed with more than 28 miles of trail. Such a wonderful find so close to Interstate 405! The trails are well maintained, though often mudd... trails.com

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Humans have been trekking through this Cougar Mountain forest for ages. Native Americans wandered the slopes for as long as seven thousand years, and after the new Americans moved west, trappers, prospectors, loggers, and tra... trails.com

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