The Nisqually Wildlife Refuge has three primary trails, all a very easy walk on flat terrain. Its located in the area known as the Nisqually Flats along Puget Sound between Ft. Lewis and Olympia where the Nisqually River flows into the Sound adjacent to I-5. You may want to click on the "F11" on your keyboard to make the image full screen. Click it a second time to return to regular viewing.
The Nisqually Wildlife Refuge features these three trails; the shorter ones are wheelchair accessible and all are an easy walk through a lush setting of water, marsh and forest. The Twin Barns Loop Trail is constructed of a raised boardwalk with viewing platforms.
View from the Twin Barns Loop trail.
These are the two barns that the Twin Barns Loop Trail is named for. Originally the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge was a farm but these two old abandoned barns are all that remain.
An algae covered marsh.
The Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Trail meanders through a lush wooded landscape that creates a particularly serene experience.
This is a panorama - five separate photos spanning a 180 degree view of the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge from the Twin Barns Loop Trail. PTGui software was used.
Visitors take a leisurely stroll though the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, WA enjoying the fall colors.
Fall color in the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge.
Fall color in the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge.
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