Outdoors · Vashon
Share Vashon, WA parks, trails & bike paths
About 4% of Vashon is conserved land, roughly 2,035 acres. There are about 72 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maury Island Natural Area (9.4 mi), Island Center Forest (8.5 mi), and Wax Orchard Park (5.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Vashon, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
4%
2,035 of 51,335 acres
Trails
72 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 31 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
39
205 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.2 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 2.2 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
🏖️ Crow Beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach in Burton Acres and Jensen Point 🏖️ Unnamed beach in Maury Island Marine Park 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏖️ Unnamed beach in Point Robinson Park 🏖️ Unnamed beach 🏊 Gold Beach Community Pool 🛝 Melchert Way Private Playground 🛝 S.S. Dockton Playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Burton Adventure Recreation Center 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Vashon Commons 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Ober Park 🛝 Unnamed playground 🛝 Unnamed playground in Ober Park 🛶 Kayak Landing 🛶 Kayak Landing - Point Robinson 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🛶 Unnamed boat launch 🎣 South of Lisabula 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Maury Island Natural Area 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Maury Island Natural Area 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Maury Island Natural Area 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Maury Island Marine Park 🔭 Unnamed scenic view in Fisher Pond Nature Preserve ⛰️ Indian Point ⛰️ Gravel Pit Peak 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Burton Acres and Jensen Point 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Fisher Pond Nature Preserve 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Paradise Ridge Park 🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Island Center Forest Natural Area 🧺 Unnamed picnic area 🏕️ AYH Ranch Campground 🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Lisabuela 🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Point Robinson 🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Wingehaven 🏕️ Lisabuela Campground 🥏 B.A.R.C. Disc Golf Course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Maury Island Natural Area Managed by King County Parks and Recreation
270 acres9.4 mi of trail
Maury Island Natural Area Trail Gravel Pit Access Trail Bluffs to Huckleberry A Climb
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
2 Island Center Forest Managed by King County Parks and Friends of Island Center Forest
438 acres8.5 mi of trail
North Trail Grinder Middle Fork Borrow Pit Loop 115th Bypass
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Wax Orchard Park Managed by King County
111 acres5.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
4 Maury Island Marine Park Nature preserve
331 acres4.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
5 Burton Acres and Jensen Point Park
75 acres3.7 mi of trail
Loop Faerie Hill Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
142 acres3.5 mi of trail
Huckleberry Drag Race Kiddie Pool A Climb
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
7 Shinglemill Creek Natural Area Managed by King County Parks and Recreation
148 acres2.5 mi of trail
Bill's Trail Shinglemill Creek Trail Shinglemill Creek Preserve All Ages Trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
8 Frog Holler Forest Managed by King County Parks and Recreation
110 acres2.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Show on map
All 39 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 39 parks & preserves
🌲 Maury Island Natural Area 270 acres · 9.4 mi of trail · King County Parks and Recreation
🌳 Island Center Forest 438 acres · 8.5 mi of trail · King County Parks and Friends of Island Center Forest
🌳 Wax Orchard Park 111 acres · 5.3 mi of trail · King County
🌲 Maury Island Marine Park 331 acres · 4.8 mi of trail
🌳 Burton Acres and Jensen Point 75 acres · 3.7 mi of trail
🌳 Dockton Park 142 acres · 3.5 mi of trail
🌲 Shinglemill Creek Natural Area 148 acres · 2.5 mi of trail · King County Parks and Recreation
🌳 Frog Holler Forest 110 acres · 2.4 mi of trail · King County Parks and Recreation
🌲 Fisher Pond Nature Preserve 97 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
🌳 Vashon Commons 52 acres · 1.6 mi of trail · Vashon PRSD
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Vashon Show all on map
🏕️ AYH Ranch Campground Fee
🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Lisabuela Fee · In Lisabeula Park
🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Point Robinson Fee · In Point Robinson Park
🏕️ Cascadia Marine Trail Campsite - Wingehaven In Wingehaven Park
🏕️ Lisabuela Campground Fee · In Lisabeula Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 5.1 mi Horses 3.6 mi Unpaved 20.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 25 trails
Shinglemill Creek Trail 1.5 mi Bill's Trail 1.1 mi Judd Creek Loop 1.0 mi Fisher Pond Trail 1.0 mi Maury Island Natural Area Trail 0.9 mi North Trail 0.8 mi Grinder 0.8 mi Lost Lake Trail 0.8 mi Loop 0.8 mi Gravel Pit Access Trail 0.8 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,035 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits
113 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 708 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 54 of 105 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 1.4 mi Off-road bike paths 2.2 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 4.5 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 12 Baseball 8 Soccer 4 Equestrian 3 Basketball 2 Skate park 2 Beach volleyball 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Vashon
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 830 ac Conservation Easement 371 ac Local Recreation Area 289 ac Agricultural Easement 245 ac Local Conservation Area 188 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Maury Island Site 1 Local Recreation Area County 269 Open Frog Holler Forest Local Park County 151 Open Maury Island Marine Park Local Park County 94 Open Shinglemill Creek Natural Area Local Conservation Area County 73 Open Burton Acres Park Local Park County 66 Open Vashon Commons Local Park Not recorded 52 Open Spring Beach Local Park Not recorded 46 Open Lost Lake Park Local Park County 43 Open Nike Site Park Local Park County 43 Open Dockton Natural Area Local Park County 42 Open
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 18 places
🏛️ Bill Fisher Memorial In Fisher Pond Nature Preserve · Stone
🏛️ Blue Heron Education Center Hours: Mon–Fri 12 pm – 6 pm · Building
🏛️ Christensen Pond Memorial Stone In Christensen Pond Preserve · Stone · 2002
🏛️ Eagle Scout In Fisher Pond Nature Preserve · Plaque
🏛️ In Memory to our War Dead In Ober Park · War memorial
🏛️ In Memory to the Pioneers Monument
🏛️ LTD Bacchus Memorial Memorial
🏛️ Nike Missile Site In Paradise Ridge Park · Ruins
🏛️ Oil House In Point Robinson Park · Lighthouse · 1913
Nearby
Share Vashon and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Town Conserved Trails Parks & preserves
Vashon 4% 71.9 mi 39 Tacoma 6.7% 84.2 mi 76 Seattle 6.7% 193.9 mi 272
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Vashon'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 36.9-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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