Day Hikes in the Pacific Northwest

Don Scarmuzzi is the author of several hiking guidebooks, including Telluride Trails and Day Hikes in the Columbia River Gorge. An avid hiker and passionate photographer, he has lived and hiked in the Pacific Northwest for several years now, and is currently living in Portland, Oregon.

Section 1: Mount St. Helens–Indian Heaven Wilderness–Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Lewis River Falls, Lemei Rock Loop, Falls Creek Falls, Soda Peaks Lake to West Soda Peak, Observation Peak to Sister Rocks, Siouxon Peak to Huffman Peak, Ape Cave Loop, Goat Mountain, Sheep Canyon Loop, Coldwater Peak, Norway Pass and Harmony Falls, Mount Margaret, Mount Whittier, Mount St. Helens

Section 2: Mount Adams–Goat Rocks Wilderness
Johnson Peak, Hogback Mountain, Bear Creek Mountain, Nannie Ridge to Cispus Pass, Goat Lake Loop to Hawkeye Point, Old Snowy Mountain, Hellroaring Canyon Viewpoint to Iceberg Lake Overlook, Stagman Ridge Loop, High Camp-Adams Glacier Meadows to Equestria Lake, Mount Adams

Section 3: Mount Hood–Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness
Wildcat Mountain, Salmon Butte, Hunchback Mountain, Devil’s Peak Lookout, Tom Dick and Harry Mountain, Trillium Lake Snowshoe Loop, Palmateer Point, Lookout Mountain, Tamanawas Falls, Tilly Jane Snowshoe Loop, Cooper Spur, Lamberson Butte to Newton Creek Loop, Little Zigzag Canyon Loop, Mississippi Head Loop-Paradise Park, Illumination Saddle, Ramona Falls Loop, Yocum Ridge, Lost Lake Butte, Buck Peak, McNeil Point, Vista Ridge to Cairn Basin Loop, Barrett Spur Summit

Section 4: Mount Jefferson–Opal Creek-Bull Of The Woods Wilderness
Silver Falls State Park, Butte Creek Falls to Abiqua Falls, Table Rock, Rooster Rock to Pechuck Lookout, Little North Santiam Loop to Three Pools, Henline Mountain and Henline Falls, Opal Creek, Whetstone Mountain, Dome Rock, Big Slide Mountain to Bull of the Woods Loop, Lower Soda Creek Falls, Iron Mountain Lookout to Cone Peak Loop, Maxwell Butte, Three Fingered Jack Loop, Porcupine Rock Loop, Upper Downing Creek Falls, Grizzly Peak, Triangulation Peak, Bear Point, Pacific Crest Trail to Park Ridge Summit, Jefferson Park to Park Ridge Summit

Section 5: Three Sisters Wilderness And South
Mount Washington, Sahalie-Koosah Falls Loop, Tamolitch (Blue) Pool, Belknap Crater, Black Crater, No Name Lake to Broken Saddle, Broken Top, South Sister, Mount Thielsen, Crater Lake-Watchman Peak Lookout-Garfield Peak

Section 6: Oregon Northern Coastal Range
Clatsop Spit Loop, Saddle Mountain, Clark’s Mountain (Tillamook Head Summit), Cannon Beach to Silver Point, Neahkahnie Mountain, Roger’s Peak, King’s Mountain Loop, Elk Mountain, Mary’s Peak

Section 7: Eastern Oregon–Wallowas
Painted Hills, Aneroid Mountain, Glacier Lake, Eagle Cap