List of rail trails in Washington

This article is about rail trails in the state. For rail trails in the District of Columbia, see List of rail trails in Washington, D.C.

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

Map of rail trails in King County.

• 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]

References

1. "Washington State Tour Planning and Bicycling Maps". Washington State Department of Transportation. 2006. Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
2. "Rail-with-Trail". Rails-to-Trails Conservancy . Retrieved July 13, 2023.
3. "Bicycle Paths and Trails". Washington State Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (Web) on December 14, 2006. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
4. "Willapa Hills State Park Trail". Washington State Parks . Retrieved June 30, 2025.
5. Dan Schaffer. "Fish Lake Trail". Inland Northwest Trails Coalition. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2013.