A Disabled Hiker's Guide to Five Washington State Parks

Cover of A Disabled Hiker's Guide to Five Washington State Parks. Background photo of a boardwalk deck overlooking a creek. Accessible Adventures is in a yellow banner in the center, with five icons representing various disabilities. The park names are listed at the bottom: Lake Sammamish, Flaming Geyser, Federation Forest, Saltwater, Dash Point

A Disabled Hiker's Guide to 5 Washington State Parks provides detailed information for five state parks in the King County area: Lake Sammamish, Flaming Geyser, Federation Forest, Saltwater, and Dash Point. This fully accessible, downloadable PDF is the first of it's kind in the Washington State Parks system, and expands on the ADA information that state parks already provide.

Each park guide includes an overview of the park, suggested activities, and information on the accessibility of many features in the park. Features are broken out into sections, and include parking, restrooms and facilities, picnic areas and shelters, trails, campgrounds, and more, with detailed information and directions. We hope this is a useful guide to planning your accessible adventure in Washington State Parks, and an example for park agencies on how to provide better information for disability communities.

The assessments and guide were created by Syren Nagakyrie of Disabled Hikers, with funding and collaboration from the Washington State Parks Foundation. We hope it is the first of many more projects to come!

Download your free copy of Accessible Adventures: A Disabled Hiker's Guide to Five Washington State Parks