Outdoors · Shadow Lake

Shadow Lake, WA parks, trails & bike paths

About 2.7% of Shadow Lake is conserved land, roughly 91 acres. There are about 1.3 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Shadow Lake Nature Preserve (1.1 mi).

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Shadow Lake, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Shadow Lake outdoors

Conserved land
2.7%
91 of 3,385 acres
Trails
1.3 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
37 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.4 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

123
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Shadow Lake Nature Preserve

Park
89 acres1.1 mi of trail
The Woods TrailThe Boardwalk TrailOwl TrailThe Wetlands Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Shadow Lake Nature Preserve Parking
2

Peterson Lake Natural Area

Nature preserve
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
3

Shadow Lake Boat Launch

Managed by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Who protects the land

91 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
69 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits
18 ac
Joint
4 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 67 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 6 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.4 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis6
  • Baseball3
  • Tracks2
  • Football1
  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Nearby

Shadow Lake and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Shadow Lake2.7%1.3 mi3
Covington5.6%7.0 mi21
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Shadow Lake's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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