A hand-picked starting point — the most welcoming, iconic, or just plain great outdoor groups in Tacoma.
Sundays, 7:30am · 3–5 mi, all paces, coffee after
📍 Anthem Coffee, Point Ruston, Tacoma
A big, friendly Sunday crowd along Ruston Way — pick your pace and distance, then regroup at Anthem for coffee.
Saturdays, 8:00am · free 5K on road + fire-road trail
📍 Point Defiance Park (Five Mile Drive), Tacoma
A free, timed-optional 5K through Point Defiance — paved Five Mile Drive plus a fire-road trail stretch. Park at the Owen Beach upper lot.
Mount Tahoma Trails Association
Winter groomed cross-country trails & huts — see grooming report
📍 Mt. Tahoma Trails, near Ashford
North America’s largest no-fee hut-to-hut system — ~50 miles of trail (20 groomed) with three huts and a yurt below Mt. Rainier.