As mentioned, Capitol State has the largest area under DNR management in Washington State, which is great news for ATVers. The park is a true forest with Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Red Alder and Cedar dominating the landscape with strong undergrowths of fern plants. All vehicles, including ATVs are allowed on forest management roads year round - unless posted. If posted HEED the signs.
There are 7 campgrounds with a total of 96 campsites located throughout the park. Facilities are considered primitive and open only April 1 through October 31. The North of the park is the ATV/ORV use area. There are 89 miles of road and trail here. These are closed November 1 through March 31 for winter maintenance.
Here is a trail overview: Rock Candy East and Rock Candy West are 2.25 miles each, North Rim Trail is 25 miles, Mt Molly Porter is 21 miles, Middle Waddell Loop is 8 miles, Lokkie trail is 8 miles, Mt Molly Loop is 7.7 miles long. The numbered trails are: 51, .4 miles, 50, 2 miles, 40, 5 miles, 30, 4.5 miles and 20, 2 miles long.
In addition to ATV and riding trails there is so much more for an ATVer to do in the park. Here are various things going on at any given tie of the year: hunting (turkey, bear, deer, elk, and grouse), fishing, target shooting, sightseeing, hang gliding, firewood gathering, and berry and mushroom picking. There are also six mountain bike, six motor and five horse events planned, with one mountain run rounding out the year. For the volunteer in you, the ATV/ORV groups have volunteered a total of 4559 hours to help keep Capitol State Forest the great place it is.
