Access to the Outdoors

Access and inclusion are important in the great outdoors too! In this video, people share what access to the outdoors means to them.

Funded by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division and the Coal Creek Sewer Upgrade Project.

Resources on Accessible Recreation

Washington State

• Washington State Parks: ADA Recreation
• Washington State Parks: Discount Passes
• Adaptive Yoga Northwest
• Cascade Canoe and Kayak Racing Team
• Disabled Hikers
• Footloose Sailing Association
• King County Wastewater Treatment Division: Checking in with the community: accessibility ideas for the Upper West/Red Cedar Trailhead
• Outdoors for All
• Sail Sand Point: Adaptive Sailing
• Seize the Oar
• Shadow Seals
• Skookum Archer’s Club and Range
• Accessible and/or Inclusive Playgrounds:
  • Inspiration Playground (Bellevue)
  • Meadow Crest Playground (Renton)
  • Miner’s Corner (Bothell)
  • Owen’s Playground (Bainbridge)
  • Seattle Children’s Play Garden
  • Seaview Park (Edmonds)

National

• National Park Service: Accessibility in National Parks
• National Park Service: Access Pass
• Diversify Outdoors
• Unlikely Hikers

Resources for Multiply-Marginalized Folks

• Brown People Camping
• Diverse Outdoor Leaders Institute
• Hello Ranger
• Latino Outdoors
• Latinx Hikers
• Native Women’s Wilderness
• Outdoor Afro
• Outdoor Asian
• QPOC Hikers
• Refuge Outdoor Festival (Washington State)
• Vamos Afuera

Other

• Article: Building Community Through Group Hiking
• Article: Helping Disabled People Find Belonging Outdoors
• Article: How to Get Outside in a Way That Serves You
• Video: Access Nature

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