List of rail trails in Washington explained

This List of rail trails in Washington lists former railroad right-of-ways in Washington state that have been converted to rail trails for public use,^[1] or rail corridors where rails coexist with trail.^[2]

Western Washington

• Burke Gilman Trail - Seattle and suburbs^[3]
• Cascade Trail - Skagit County^[1]
• Cedar River Trail - King County^[1]
• Cedar to Green River Trail - King County^[1]
• Centennial Trail - Snohomish County
• Chehalis Western Trail - Thurston County^[1]
• Cross Kirkland Corridor - King County
• East Lake Sammamish Trail - King County^[1]
• Eastside Rail Corridor - King County
• Foothills Trail - Pierce County^[1]
• Gate to Belmore Trail - Thurston County
• Interurban Trail (King County) - King County^[1]
• Interurban Trail (Snohomish County) - Snohomish County
• Interurban Trail (Whatcom County) - Bellingham & Whatcom County
• Issaquah-Preston Trail and Preston-Snoqualmie Trail - eastern King County
• Olympic Discovery Trail
• Sammamish River Trail - King County^[1]
• Snoqualmie Valley Regional Trail - King County^[1]
• Whitehorse Trail - Snohomish County - ties into the Centennial Trail
• Willapa Hills Trail - Chehalis to South Bend^[4]
• Yelm-Rainier-Tenino Trail - Thurston County^[1]

Cross-Cascades

• Iron Horse State Park - also known as the "Iron Horse Trail" and John Wayne Pioneer Trail which continues east from Vantage

Eastern Washington

• Bill Chipman Palouse Trail in Whitman County connects Pullman, Washington, with Moscow, Idaho, in the Palouse region
• Columbia Plateau Trail - Spokane to Pasco; Spokane city segment known as Fish Lake Trail^[5]
• Ferry County Rail Trail - Republic to Canada–US border at Danville
• Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail - formerly John Wayne Pioneer Trail, extends from the Idaho border to the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains
• Klickitat Trail - Klickitat County
• Spokane River Centennial Trail - Spokane^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Washington State Tour Planning and Bicycling Maps . . 2006 . July 3, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070806205210/http://wsdot.wa.gov/bike/Planning_Maps.htm . August 6, 2007.
2. Web site: Rail-with-Trail . . July 13, 2023.
3. Web site: Bicycle Paths and Trails . Washington State Department of Transportation . Web . January 31, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061214195704/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/bike/Paths_Trails.htm . December 14, 2006 . dead.
4. Web site: Willapa Hills trail . Lewis County Community Trails . November 3, 2013.
5. Web site: Fish Lake Trail . Dan Schaffer . Inland Northwest Trails Coalition . November 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20101102211446/http://www.inlandnorthwesttrails.org/projects/fish_lake_trail.asp. November 2, 2010. dead.