We took advantage of a nice evening the other day to take a family hike up Badger Mountain. News in the paper that morning said there was a newly opened trail and I hoped we'd come across it. We got on what I call the "Family Trail" at the park at the top of Shockley Road in Richland and started hiking. At the top of the first ridge was the sign directing us to the new trail! We headed off to the east and found a nice change of scenery as we followed the trail through the beautiful sagebrush. Of course, there were plenty of wildflowers. We followed the trail to the radio towers at the top of Badger Mountain and then we came back down the "Family Trail" making a loop of about 3.75 miles by my GPS. Here's an overlay of the GPS route on a Google Earth image. If you've never hiked up Badger Mountain, we encourage you to enjoy one of the wonderful things we have to enjoy here in the Tri-Cities. Just for your orientation, the image above is looking towards the southwest.
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