Spring Destinations

Wildlife Hikes

Six hikes to see wildlife: Spencer Island, Dungeness Spit, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Umtanum Creek Canyon, and Mill Butte in Little Pend Oreille.

Early Summer Waterfall Hikes

With the high country socked in with snow until who-knows-when, we thought we'd suggest some waterfall hikes that are accessible most of the year but are most impressive as the snow in the mountains starts to melt.

Pacific Coast

Washington's Pacific Coast leads off WTA's Weekend Getaway series for 2008. You can easily keep busy during a long weekend to the Pacific Coast poking around the beaches, going on short forest hikes and taking in the history of the area. Extremely popular in the summer, this area is best visited in the spring.

Great Desert Hikes

The desert steppe country of Eastern Washington is The Place to hike in April and May. It offers abundant wildflowers, wetlands, birds, wildlife, canyons, cliffs and the mighty Columbia River. What's more, you can enjoy plenty of solitude as you wander and hike this region.

Stepping Into the Steppe

Wildflowers, geology and history are all to be found in Washington's shrub-steppe.

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