Pacific Crest Trail

California | Oregon | Washington

What We’re Doing
Connecting communities to one another and the outdoors with accessible, carbon-free routes.

Our Goal
Protecting land along the Pacific Crest Trail to keep the trail wild, scenic, and accessible.

Support Our Work

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Pacific Crest Trail by the Numbers

2,650+

miles of trails from Canada to Mexico

critical areas protected by TPL

50,000+

acres protected within a half-mile of the trail

Keeping the Pacific Crest Trail Wild for Thousands of Hikers Each Year

Spanning three states—Washington, Oregon, and California—the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is one of the original National Scenic Trails established by Congress in the National Trails System Act of 1968. This trail features some of the most scenic and diverse terrain in the western United States, traversing 26 national forests and seven national parks.

The trail skirts towns, industrial development land, and traverses some of the West’s most remote places and stunning scenery. Thousands of annual visitors experience the trail’s wild landscape and backcountry possibilities stretching from Mexico to Canada.

For more than two decades, Trust for Public Land has protected over 50,000 acres along the PCT with additional plans to address its five greatest challenges—climate change, timber harvest, route protection, wildlife habitat, and lack of funding. National Scenic Trails like the Pacific Crest Trail are where people take journeys of a lifetime and with your help, we can continue to keep the PCT wild and scenic for future generations to enjoy.

Explore Our Work on the Pacific Crest Trail

Completed

Beaver Valley Headwaters Preserve

California

Lands

Completed

Castle Valley Trailhead

Frog Lake, Red Mountain and Carpenter Ridge | Northern Sierra

California

Lands

Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail Buffer Land Permanently Protected

About This Project

Helping to close critical access gaps

Trust for Public Land has helped to close critical access gaps along local and national trail systems like the Pacific Crest Trail through our years of land acquisition experience.
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Get in Touch with Our Team

Los Angeles Office

135 West Green Street
2nd Floor
Pasadena, CA, 91105
(323) 223-0441
california@tpl.org

San Francisco Office

23 Geary Street
Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA, 94108
(415) 495-4014
california@tpl.org

Sacramento Office

1107 9th Street
Suite 1050
Sacramento, CA, 95814
(916) 557-1673
california@tpl.org

Bend Office

15 SW Colorado Avenue
Suite 100
Bend, OR, 97702
(541) 322-0133
northwest@tpl.org

Seattle Office

1218 Third Avenue
Suite 1700
Seattle, WA, 98101
(206) 587-2447
northwest@tpl.org

Wenatchee Office

18 N. Wenatchee Avenue
Second Floor
Wenatchee, WA, 98801
(509) 888-0844
northwest@tpl.org

Guillermo Rodriguez

Vice President Pacific Region, California State Director

california@tpl.org