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Squilchuck State Park
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Squilchuck State Park

south of Wenatchee, Washington
visited 9 May 2021 and 1 July 2024
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Squilchuck State Park is tucked into the mountains south of Wenatchee. It’s primarily a park for mountain bikers and cross-country skiiers. I’m neither, but I did get a chance to stretch my legs on its several miles of hiking trails recently.

A narrow dirt hiking trail winds through a sunlit coniferous forest, with tall pine and fir trunks rising on the left and a grassy, leaf-strewn slope dotted with fallen logs on the right. Dappled midday sunlight filters through the canopy onto the path.
A narrow dirt hiking trail winds through a lush green forest, lined with dense shrubs, tall grasses, and purple lupine wildflowers in the lower left. Sunlight filters through the conifer and deciduous trees along the path at Squilchuck State Park.
A paved trail curves through a green forest of tall pines and firs under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds, with a flowering elderberry shrub and lush undergrowth lining the path and a rocky hillside visible in the distance.
A narrow dirt singletrack trail winds uphill through an open ponderosa pine forest with tall, slender trunks, lush green undergrowth, and a bright blue sky with wispy clouds overhead.
A weathered wooden plank boardwalk winds through dense green undergrowth in a sunlit forest, with tall pine trunks rising around it and small orange trail markers tacked to the trees. The bridge of gray boards crosses low brush in a clearing dappled with midday sunlight.
Tall evergreen conifers frame a forested mountain slope with exposed rocky patches under a deep blue sky dotted with a few white clouds, in a sunny summer landscape at Squilchuck State Park near Wenatchee, Washington.
A narrow dirt hiking trail winds through a sunlit pine forest, flanked by lush green undergrowth, with tall conifer trunks and a patchy blue sky overhead. A cut tree stump sits beside the path in the lower right.
A forested mountain landscape with dense green conifers filling the foreground and slopes, a rocky ridge in the distance, and a bright blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds. A ponderosa pine branch frames the right side of the frame.
A narrow dirt hiking trail winds up a sloped, sunlit hillside through a forest of tall pine and fir trees, bordered by lush green undergrowth under a clear blue sky.

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