Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve

The Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve protects Badger Mountain, located on the edge of Richland in Washington, provides views of the Tri-Cities as well as the Columbia and Yakima rivers. Trails are open for hiking. No motorized vehicles are allowed.

View from Badger Mountain Centennial Preserve showing Red Mountain in the foreground and Rattlesnake Mountain beyond it

A non-profit group, Friends of Badger Mountain,[1] worked to procure this shrub-steppe area that has most native vegetation intact and then built a trail to the summit. The 1.2 miles (1.9 km) trail rises 984 feet (300 m) above the trail head in Richland.

Expansion

Friends of Badger Mountain is working to raise $1.5 million for a purchase of 205 acres of land around Candy Mountain to expand the preserve and create trails on that mountain. This is the next step toward reaching their goal of creating a 20 miles (32 km) trail connecting Little Badger Mountain, Badger Mountain, Candy Mountain and Red Mountain.[2][3]

References
  1. Friends of Badger Mountain
  2. Landowner looks to swap property on Candy Mountain Accessed 2015-08-31
  3. Friends of Badger Mountain: Current Campaign Accessed 2015-08-31


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