Hike Metro!

Metro trolleybus (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

To explore your hiking options, click on the links in the sidebar at the left side of the page.

Latest News:

09/23/2021

I've completed a major round of updates to the website that correct and revise the hike information. As always, many changes have occurred to the bus system since my last major revision in 2018. One change to celebrate is the opening of the Link Light Rail extension to Northgate in October. This will simplify travel to some of the hikes. Link Light rail will undergo even more expansions in the next few years, something to look forward to.

I do not live in Seattle any more, so I can't do "boots on the ground" checks, however. I'm doing the best I can with on-line resources, which are considerable these days.

Metro bus service is gradually being restored after the Covid crisis cutbacks, so getting to trailheads should be getting easier. In particular, the popular Trailhead Direct bus service is back (excepting, alas, the route to Mailbox Peak trailhead).

Be sure to check out the new TOTAGO app for smartphones. Much of the content in this site will eventually show up in TOTAGO, which integrates hike information with on-line transit planning. Still a work in progress.

https://www.totago.co

You can contact me at NWHikers.net (log in to your account - or create one if you don't have an account (it's easy) - and send a private message to whitebark).

Disclaimer:

This is a rough draft, there are errors--maybe lots of them. Accuracy is not guaranteed. Since outdoor activites involve some unavoidable hazards, the author cannot assure your safety...this is your own responsibility.

Therefore, use the information at your own risk!

Other useful links for transit hikers:

TOTAGO offers a smart phone app useful for transit hikers. It integrates maps,

hike descriptions, and bus information. Content for Seattle is a bit sparse now, but there are plans to improve it. I'm sharing content with this site to help out with this.

https://www.totago.co/

Here's an active Seattle transit hiking Meetup group:

http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Transit-Hikers/

They do many of the bus hikes described in this guide.

Here's King County's official bus information site:

http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/

Here's another "hike by bus" website, geared more for the hard core backpacker:

http://www.backpackingbybus.com/