Hiking trails near Tacoma, Washington

218 official trails lie within 25 miles of Tacoma — 537 miles in total, 181 rated easy and 6 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 1,402 ft; the median trail gains 98 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Pinnacle Peak Trail	4.5	1,074 ft	Hard	23 mi
Mission Creek	9.4	230 ft	Hard	24 mi
Mae Valley Loop	3.3	1,402 ft	Moderate	25 mi
McGarvey Park Open Space Trails	5.3	218 ft	Hard	21 mi
Margarets Way	3.1	1,369 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Cedar River Trail	15.4	533 ft	Hard	23 mi
Danville-Georgetown Open Space Private Trails	5.4	226 ft	Hard	24 mi
Lake Youngs Trail	9.2	188 ft	Hard	18 mi
Maury Island Marine Park Trails	3.4	483 ft	Moderate	9 mi
May Valley Loop	2.2	963 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Danville-Georgetown Open Space Trails	4.5	197 ft	Moderate	23 mi
Spring Lake Lake Desire Trails	3.5	268 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Black Diamond Open Space Trails	6.6	144 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Cougar Mountain E6 - Wilderness Creek Trail	1.5	956 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Clark Lake Trail	4.9	86 ft	Moderate	16 mi
Shinglemill Creek Natural Area Trails	2.5	369 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Cushman Trail	6.2	236 ft	Moderate	10 mi
Chehalis Western Trail	20.6	241 ft	Moderate	20 mi
Yelm-Rainier-Tenino Trail	13.9	168 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Coal Creek Trail - N1	2.7	456 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Maury Island Natural Area Trails	3.1	293 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Foothills Trail - Tehaleh Connection	2.5	554 ft	Moderate	15 mi
Foothills Trail - Cascade Junction to Wilkeson	3.7	352 ft	Moderate	19 mi
Chief Sealth Trail	4.4	281 ft	Moderate	20 mi

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