The Washington State Hiking Podcast
Oct 15, 2026 · 33 min · 12 segments
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode Jennie and Craig discuss their favorite Old Growth Forest Hikes in Washington…
Yeah, and so I have to start off, Jenny, there's a lot to be said about the mountains of the Northwest.
They're incredibly spectacular, incredibly gorgeous, but I'll tell you, w- you know, growing up outside the region, for me, one of the biggest lures of, um, hiking in the Northwest is not the mountains, it's the trees.
Because everywhere I've hiked, first of all, there's very little old growth forest left in most of the country.
The Northwest has a larger percentage, but still pretty small, than most of the...
... you, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything, um, even close to that anywhere else, so.
So I think when people think of old growth forest hikes in Washington, I am sure that for most people the Hoh River Trail is the first one that comes to mind.
And even though that's spectacular, I feel like we can give people some different ideas.
I mean, matter of fact, the very first place when I came out here in 1989, and my buddy was at the University of Washington at the fish hatchery, which is now closed, in Seward Park.
I mean, right in Seattle, one of the most, an amazing old growth forest [laughs] you can walk through is right there in the city on Lake Washington.
Yeah, and so I have to start off, Jenny, there's a lot to be said about the mountains of the Northwest.
They're incredibly spectacular, incredibly gorgeous, but I'll tell you, w- you know, growing up outside the region, for me, one of the biggest lures of, um, hiking in the Northwest is not the mountains, it's the trees.
Because everywhere I've hiked, first of all, there's very little old growth forest left in most of the country.
The Northwest has a larger percentage, but still pretty small, than most of the...
... you, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything, um, even close to that anywhere else, so.
So I think when people think of old growth forest hikes in Washington, I am sure that for most people the Hoh River Trail is the first one that comes to mind.
And even though that's spectacular, I feel like we can give people some different ideas.
I mean, matter of fact, the very first place when I came out here in 1989, and my buddy was at the University of Washington at the fish hatchery, which is now closed, in Seward Park.
I mean, right in Seattle, one of the most, an amazing old growth forest [laughs] you can walk through is right there in the city on Lake Washington.
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