Hikes by Best Month
While many of these hikes are fantastic several months of the year, the features of the hike (e.g. wildflowers in bloom, autumn colors, wild berries, swimming lake, flowing waterfalls, mountain summits) that make it unique may be best enjoyed during a particular month. This is just a list of my opinion of the best months to enjoy these dog-friendly hikes around Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
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February:
March:
- Four Cedars Trail – Tolmie State Park
April:
- Kalaloch – Browns Point
May:
- Angel Falls Loop
- Snoquera Falls
- Three Corner Rock
- Lake Twentytwo
- Ruby Beach
- Mount Si
- Otter Falls-Taylor River
June:
- Franklin Falls
- Twin Falls
- Heybrook Lookout
- High Rock
- Oyster Dome
- Ira Spring-Mason Lake
- Hamilton Mountain – Beacon Rock State Park
- Lower South Fork Skokomish River
- Elliott Bay Trail
- Goat Lake (North Cascades)
- Tubal Cain Mine to Buckhorn Lake
July:
- Glacier View
- Blue Lake
- Wallace Falls
- Yellow Aster Butte
- Sherman Creek Loop
- Greenwater and Echo Lakes
August:
- Winchester Mountain Lookout
- Mount Ellinor
- Heather-Maple Pass Loop
- Park Butte Lookout
- Lake Serene-Bridal Veil Falls
- Ptarmigan Ridge
- Stagman Ridge – The Bumper
- Marmot Pass
- Arch Rock – Government Meadows
- Snowgrass Flats-Goat Ridge Loop
September:
- Mount Pilchuck Lookout
- Anderson and Watson Lakes
- Juniper Ridge
- Blanca Lake
- Chain Lakes Loop
- Hidden Lake Lookout
- No Name Ridge-Thorp Mountain
- Skyline Divide
- Packwood Lake
- Bird Mountain Loop
- Goat Lake (South Cascades)
- Suiattle River Trail
- American Lake
October:
- Cutthroat Lake
- Icicle Gorge Nature Loop
- Spruce Railroad Trail
- Observation Peak
- Thorp Lake
- Lake Valhalla
November:
- Clark’s Creek Park Loop