Browse 33 clubs that meet regularly in Seattle. Find running, books, hiking, arts and more, with direct links to each group.
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Every category below is its own page, with the full list and what to expect before you show up.
Independent clubs and groups in Seattle. Tap any to go to the group itself.
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Seattle orienteering club: checkpoints are marked on a map and you choose the route between them. Beginner and family friendly, with a Winter League, Wednesday evening events and a newcomers guide.
Outdoor and community events aimed at making Seattle feel more welcoming, especially for people new to the area. Many events are free, some ticketed, all open to everyone. On Meetup since 2021, ~12,300 members.
Free family-hiking group for kids brand-new to age 5. Accessible, supportive trail community.
Leads group hikes and events in the Issaquah Alps east of Seattle and advocates for the trails, forests and streams of the area.
Regular volunteer environmental events across the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area, a corridor of 1.5 million acres from Seattle to Ellensburg. Public events calendar plus custom group events.
Reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces through camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing.
Adaptive and therapeutic outdoor recreation for children and adults with disabilities, founded in 1979 in the Pacific Northwest. Year-round programs include hiking, cycling, camping, kayaking and rock climbing, with an adaptive cycling center at Magnuson Park.
Eastside-based over-40 group for hikes, urban hikes, dog hikes, biking and social outings. On Meetup since 2015, ~1,500 members.
Large social hiking and outdoor group for the Seattle area. The stated focus is getting out with other people in real life. On Meetup since 2006, ~17,000 members.
Most active Seattle hiking Meetup. ~8,000 members. Hikes throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Member-led group hike across Pacific Northwest trails. Multiple events per month.
Hikes for professionals who want to combine time outdoors with networking and learning. On Meetup since 2022, ~2,300 members.
Hiking, backpacking, biking, climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking and sailing. A diverse outdoor community.
Urban walking group that follows the 30 Seattle stair-walk routes originally published by the University of Washington, about 100 miles and 26,000 steps in total. On Meetup since 2024, ~1,000 members.
Hikes around Seattle reached by public transit. Meetups start at transit stops that are easy to reach from most of the city, then the group rides or walks to the trailhead together. On Meetup since 2012, ~9,700 members.
Hiking and outings group for people 55 and over with a full-time organizer, running over 200 events a year from day hikes to overnight trips. On Meetup since 2015, ~2,700 members.
Nonprofit since 1906. Outdoor courses, activities, and community education across the Pacific Northwest.
Collective for women of color in outdoor sports, offering courses, scholarships, community events and a Washington events calendar.
Seattle climbing and mountaineering club with classes in basic and intermediate climbing, backcountry travel, ski skills and wilderness first aid, plus the Guye Cabin at Snoqualmie Pass. Women of the WAC meets the second Monday of each month.
Founded in 1966 and headquartered in downtown Seattle. Runs the largest state-based volunteer trail-maintenance program in the country: sign up for a work party, no experience needed, just boots, gloves and lunch. Also publishes the WTA hiking guide and trip reports.
Year-round, non-technical but challenging hikes and backpacking trips to the ridges, lakes and summits of the Cascades. On Meetup since 2018, ~900 members.
Two weekly 6 PM group runs (Tuesdays + Thursdays) from the Brooks Trailhead in Fremont.
6 PM group run from the Brooks Trailhead in Fremont.
6 PM group run from the Brooks Trailhead in Fremont.
Competitive Seattle-area team since 1972. Sponsored by Brooks. Develops athletes from youth to Olympic level.
Founded 2021. Trail-focused running for big-adventure folks. Filling Seattle's gap for serious dirt-runners.
Free weekly timed 5k at Des Moines Beach Park Event Center. Saturday mornings, every pace, walkers welcome.
Eastside-area running community across Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland.
Tuesday runs in Capitol Hill or Ballard. Thursday Pub Runs ending at a brewery.
Group run that ends at a brewery, on a Capitol Hill or Ballard rotation.
Free weekly timed 5k at Fort Ward Trail. Saturday mornings, every pace, walkers welcome.
Free weekly timed 5k at Perrigo Community Park. Saturday mornings, every pace, walkers welcome.
Free weekly timed 5k at Redmond Central Connector Trail. Saturday mornings, every pace, walkers welcome.
Free weekly timed 5k at Renton. Saturday mornings, every pace, walkers welcome.
Founded 2010. Run-community supporting all experience levels and backgrounds. Aim: events 7 days a week.
Group runs aim for 7 days a week. Times vary by day; check community channels.
Established 2005. Puget Sound trail-running community that also hits road, track and cross country.
Umbrella organization bringing together running groups with a shared mission of welcoming BIPOC runners.
Browse this page by category. We track 33 clubs and groups in Seattle, including 20 hiking and outdoor clubs and 13 run clubs. Each listing links straight to the group's own signup page, so you can join without going through Culdesac.
Pick something that repeats. Hiking & Outdoor Clubs are the largest category in Seattle right now with 20 active groups. A weekly group means that by the fourth time you turn up, you already know someone's dog's name.
Most are. Run clubs, book clubs and library programs are almost always free and drop-in. Sports leagues and some fitness groups charge a season or membership fee, which the group's own page will state.
The listings here are filtered to groups that meet on a repeating schedule, usually weekly or monthly. One-off events are excluded. Research by Jeffrey Hall at the University of Kansas puts a casual friendship at roughly 50 hours of shared time, which no single event gets you to.
No. This directory is free to browse and every group links out to wherever it already organises. The app matters once a group runs its own chat and calendar on Culdesac, which puts you in the group chat the moment you say yes to an event.
The research on why this got harder, with the sources linked.
Run club participation rose 59% in a year. Adults are joining for the group as much as the run.
The places that were neither home nor work are disappearing. What replaces them matters.
The fastest-growing sport on the continent is mostly an excuse to see the same people every week.
Each group gets a chat and a calendar. You join the event, you're already talking before you show up.
One email at launch.