Washington Trails Association hikes in n8n
Find Washington State hikes by region or keyword with length, elevation, rating and feature data, pull full trail stats and coordinates by hike URL, or check recent trip report activity.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the Washington Trails Association Hike & Trip Report Finder Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with trail name, region, length miles, elevation gain feet and 7 more. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for Washington Trails Association Hike & Trip Report Finder version 1.1.2. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
From the Short
This workflow is the one the video points to: the number in each video opens this page.
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"region": "Snoqualmie Region",
"tripReportsPerTrail": 3,
"maxItems": 25,
"mode": "searchTrails",
"searchQuery": "head of growth"
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | searchTrails | What to fetch from wta.org. One of: searchTrails, getTrailDetails, getTripReports, searchTripReports. |
| searchQuery | string | No | – | Free-text search of WTA hike descriptions (modes searchTrails, searchTripReports). |
| nameQuery | string | No | – | Match the hike name only (modes searchTrails, getTripReports, searchTripReports). |
| region | string | No | – | Washington region. Choose All Washington to search statewide (modes searchTrails, getTripReports, searchTripReports). 12 choices. |
| subregion | string | No | all | Optional sub-region. Selecting one also selects its parent region. 52 choices. |
| features | array | No | – | Require all selected features (mode searchTrails). Empty = no feature filter. 12 choices. |
| dogPolicy | string | No | any | Filter by dog access (mode searchTrails). One of: any, allowed-on-leash, not-allowed. |
| kidFriendly | boolean | No | false | Only kid-friendly trails (mode searchTrails). |
| wheelchairFriendly | boolean | No | false | Only wheelchair-friendly trails (mode searchTrails). |
| minRating | number | No | – | Minimum average community rating, 0–5 (mode searchTrails). |
| minVoteCount | integer | No | – | Minimum number of rating votes (mode searchTrails; applied after the listing fetch). |
| minLengthMiles | number | No | – | Only trails at least this long (mode searchTrails). Trails with unknown length are excluded. |
| maxLengthMiles | number | No | – | Only trails at most this long (mode searchTrails). Trails with unknown length are excluded. |
| minElevationGainFeet | integer | No | – | Only trails with at least this gain (mode searchTrails). Unknown gain is excluded. |
| maxElevationGainFeet | integer | No | – | Only trails with at most this gain (mode searchTrails). Unknown gain is excluded. |
| maxHighPointFeet | integer | No | – | Only trails whose highest point is at most this elevation (mode searchTrails). |
| passes | array | No | – | Keep trails that require at least one selected pass (mode searchTrails). Empty = no pass filter. 7 choices. |
| reportRecency | string | No | anytime | Filter by how recently a trail received a trip report (mode searchTrails). One of: anytime, 30-to-90-days, 90-plus-days. |
| sortBy | string | No | recently-updated | Result order (mode searchTrails). 7 choices. |
| latitude | number | No | – | Center latitude for a radius search (mode searchTrails). Requires longitude and radiusMiles. |
| longitude | number | No | – | Center longitude for a radius search (mode searchTrails). Requires latitude and radiusMiles. |
| radiusMiles | number | No | – | Search radius in miles (mode searchTrails). |
| boundingBox | string | No | – | Map area as south,west,north,east (mode searchTrails). Takes priority over latitude/longitude/radius. |
| trailUrls | array | No | – | WTA hike URLs, /go-hiking/hikes/ paths, or bare slugs (modes getTrailDetails, getTripReports). |
| fetchDetails | boolean | No | false | Add difficulty, description, parking pass, land manager, directions, alerts and trip-report count with one detail page per trail (modes searchTrails, getTripReports). |
| author | string | No | – | Exact WTA author username (mode searchTripReports). |
| tripDateFrom | string | No | – | Earliest trip date, YYYY-MM-DD (mode searchTripReports). |
| tripDateTo | string | No | – | Latest trip date, YYYY-MM-DD (mode searchTripReports). |
| tripMonth | string | No | all | Trip month across any year (mode searchTripReports). 13 choices. |
| hikeTypes | array | No | – | Keep reports matching any selected hike type (mode searchTripReports). One of: day-hike, overnight, multi-night-backpack, snowshoe-xc-ski. |
| reportFeatures | array | No | – | Keep reports matching any selected feature (mode searchTripReports). One of: has-photos, hiked-by-kids, hiked-with-dog, was-workparty. |
| reportHighlights | array | No | – | Keep reports mentioning any selected highlight (mode searchTripReports). One of: wildflowers-blooming, fall-foliage, ripe-berries. |
| trailConditions | array | No | – | Keep reports matching any selected trail condition (mode searchTripReports). One of: good, difficult, bugs-ok, snow-free, snow-on-trail. |
| roadConditions | array | No | – | Keep reports matching any selected road condition (mode searchTripReports). One of: all-vehicles, high-clearance, impassable. |
| fetchReportDetails | boolean | No | false | Open each report page for trail URL, hike type, trail/road/bug/snow conditions and full photo URLs (mode searchTripReports). |
| tripReportsPerTrail | integer | No | 5 | Recent reports to include per trail (mode getTripReports). |
| includeReportText | boolean | No | false | Attach full text and tags to the recent reports (mode getTripReports; up to 5 per trail). |
| maxItems | integer | No | 50 | Hard cap on emitted records. |
| proxyConfiguration | object | No | – | Optional override. The actor works without any proxy. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (11 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| trailName | Trail Name |
| region | Region |
| lengthMiles | Length Miles |
| elevationGainFeet | Elevation Gain Feet |
| difficulty | Difficulty |
| rating | Rating |
| reviewCount | Review Count |
| tripReportCount | Trip Report Count |
| latitude | Latitude |
| longitude | Longitude |
| trailUrl | Trail Url |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
Washington Trails Association Hike & Trip Report Finder: Find Washington State hikes by region or keyword with length, elevation, rating and feature data, pull full trail stats and coordinates by hike URL, or check recent trip report activity.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill washington-trails-association-hike-and-trip-report-finder The washington Trails Association hikes skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/washington-trails-association-hike-and-trip-report-finder.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the Washington Trails Association Hike & Trip Report Finder Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 39 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.
Workflow updated 2026-11-14