Routes

Trails, urban hikes, and stair spots, ranked by effort miles.

Maple Leaf reservoir stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.2 effort miles (0.04 mi, 70 ft gain)
St. Mark's greenbelt stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.2 effort miles (0.04 mi, 82 ft gain)
Madrona stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.2 effort miles (0.05 mi, 88 ft gain)
Dravus/Magnolia stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.2 effort miles (0.05 mi, 93 ft gain)
Galer Street stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.3 effort miles (0.05 mi, 105 ft gain)
Wilcox Wall
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.3 effort miles (0.06 mi, 134 ft gain)
Golden Gardens stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.4 effort miles (0.08 mi, 158 ft gain)
Blaine Street stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.4 effort miles (0.08 mi, 171 ft gain)
Thistle Street stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.5 effort miles (0.1 mi, 214 ft gain)
Howe Street stairs
estimated
Stair spot · Seattle metro
0.6 effort miles (0.1 mi, 226 ft gain)
Twin Falls
Trail · I-90 corridor
3.4 effort miles (2.4 mi, 500 ft gain)
Carkeek Park loops
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
3.9 effort miles (3 mi, 450 ft gain)
Golden Gardens beach → Sunset Hill → return
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.0 effort miles (3 mi, 500 ft gain)
Howe St + Blaine St stair loop (Capitol Hill ↔ Eastlake)
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.1 effort miles (2.5 mi, 800 ft gain)
West Seattle stair circuit (Charlestown area)
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.2 effort miles (3 mi, 600 ft gain)
Interlaken Blvd → Volunteer Park → water tower
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.4 effort miles (3.5 mi, 450 ft gain)
Magnolia bluff walk
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.7 effort miles (4 mi, 350 ft gain)
Queen Anne stair circuit (Wilcox Wall +)
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
4.9 effort miles (3.5 mi, 700 ft gain)
Discovery Park loop + beach spur
estimated
Urban hike · Seattle metro
5.4 effort miles (4.4 mi, 500 ft gain)
Little Si
Trail · I-90 corridor
6.3 effort miles (3.7 mi, 1300 ft gain)
Rattlesnake Ledge
Trail · I-90 corridor
6.3 effort miles (4 mi, 1160 ft gain)
Wallace Falls
Trail · Highway 2 corridor
8.2 effort miles (5.6 mi, 1300 ft gain)
Teneriffe Falls
Trail · I-90 corridor
8.8 effort miles (5.6 mi, 1585 ft gain)
West Tiger 3
Trail · I-90 corridor
9.2 effort miles (5 mi, 2100 ft gain)
Mount Pilchuck
Trail · North Cascades
10.0 effort miles (5.4 mi, 2300 ft gain)
Squak Mountain
estimated
Trail · I-90 corridor
10.5 effort miles (6.5 mi, 2000 ft gain)
Snow Lake
Trail · I-90 corridor
10.8 effort miles (7.2 mi, 1800 ft gain)
Lake Serene
Trail · Highway 2 corridor
12.2 effort miles (8.2 mi, 2000 ft gain)
Mount Si
Trail · I-90 corridor
14.3 effort miles (8 mi, 3150 ft gain)
Granite Mountain
Trail · I-90 corridor
16.2 effort miles (8.6 mi, 3800 ft gain)
Kendall Katwalk
Trail · I-90 corridor
17.2 effort miles (12 mi, 2600 ft gain)
Mailbox Peak (new trail)
Trail · I-90 corridor
17.4 effort miles (9.4 mi, 4000 ft gain)
Mount Teneriffe
Trail · I-90 corridor
20.6 effort miles (13 mi, 3800 ft gain)

Routes

Maple Leaf reservoir stairs

St. Mark's greenbelt stairs

Madrona stairs

Dravus/Magnolia stairs

Galer Street stairs

Wilcox Wall

Golden Gardens stairs

Blaine Street stairs

Thistle Street stairs

Howe Street stairs

Twin Falls

Carkeek Park loops

Golden Gardens beach → Sunset Hill → return

Howe St + Blaine St stair loop (Capitol Hill ↔ Eastlake)

West Seattle stair circuit (Charlestown area)

Interlaken Blvd → Volunteer Park → water tower

Magnolia bluff walk

Queen Anne stair circuit (Wilcox Wall +)

Discovery Park loop + beach spur

Little Si

Rattlesnake Ledge

Wallace Falls

Teneriffe Falls

West Tiger 3

Mount Pilchuck

Squak Mountain

Snow Lake

Lake Serene

Mount Si

Granite Mountain

Kendall Katwalk

Mailbox Peak (new trail)

Mount Teneriffe