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Towns with the most trails in Washington

Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 25 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Port Townsend 1 Port Townsend 4.7 mi / sq mi Trail miles 34.5 mi Mount Vernon 2 Mount Vernon 2.3 mi / sq mi Trail miles 29.3 mi Liberty Lake 3 Liberty Lake 2.1 mi / sq mi Trail miles 13.2 mi
#TownTrail miles per sq miTrail milesParks & preserves
1 Port Townsend Port Townsend10,438 people 4.7 mi / sq mi 34.5 mi 14
2 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon35,377 people 2.3 mi / sq mi 29.3 mi 14
3 Liberty Lake Liberty Lake12,737 people 2.1 mi / sq mi 13.2 mi 8
4 Map of Union Hill-Novelty Hill Union Hill-Novelty Hill23,047 people 1.8 mi / sq mi 43.3 mi 17
5 Boulevard Park4,575 people 1.7 mi / sq mi 2.0 mi 4
6 Map of Sudden Valley Sudden Valley6,084 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 9.2 mi 3
7 Sammamish Sammamish66,463 people 1.5 mi / sq mi 34.9 mi 33
8 Mercer Island Mercer Island25,307 people 1.4 mi / sq mi 18.3 mi 19
9 Sultan Sultan6,116 people 1.4 mi / sq mi 4.7 mi 5
10 Map of Granite Falls Granite Falls4,659 people 1.2 mi / sq mi 2.6 mi 3
11 Map of Sunnyslope Sunnyslope3,706 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 8.7 mi 1
12 Medical Lake4,950 people 1.1 mi / sq mi 3.7 mi 5
13 White Salmon White Salmon2,548 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 1.5 mi 4
14 White Center White Center14,886 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 2.0 mi 5
15 Map of Central Park Central Park3,206 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 2.6 mi 1
16 Ocean Shores Ocean Shores7,302 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 9.6 mi 13
17 Sedro-Woolley Sedro-Woolley12,831 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 2.8 mi 9
18 Blaine Blaine6,100 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 4.4 mi 7
19 Raymond Raymond3,210 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.3 mi 8
20 Aberdeen Aberdeen17,088 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 6.0 mi 17
21 Map of Three Lakes Three Lakes4,055 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 4.7 mi 2
22 Oak Harbor Oak Harbor24,362 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 4.0 mi 26
23 Map of Canyon Creek Canyon Creek3,910 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.4 mi 0
24 Sunnyside Sunnyside16,277 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.4 mi 7
25 Lake Cassidy3,292 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.6 mi 2

How this ranking works

We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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