What do you think of when you hear the word nature?

It's these massive, like hundreds of year old trees.

I think a lot of us picture a place that humans haven't touched.

Some place wild.

The ground is just covered in moss and plants and green and dripping.

The opposite of man-made infrastructure in big cities with sidewalks and skyscrapers.

And sure, there are plenty of those untouched places.

But when was the last time you went for a hike where there wasn't a trail?

Or notice the switchbacks cut into the landscape?

What is the road like to get there?

What is the parking light?

What amenities are available like the restaurants and water fountains, the trail surface?

And...

So much of what we actually experience in nature is designed.

But who's it designed for?

Once you really start seeing something, it's hard not to see it.

So, you know, when I'm out on a trail, it's hard not to see all the access barriers that I encounter

and like start having feelings about it when I'm just trying to enjoy being outside.

I'm Dylan Thoris and this is Atlas Obscura.

A celebration of the world's strange, incredible and wondrous places.

And today, we're exploring a network of trails on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

Our guide is Siren Nagakiri, a nature lover who realized that there was a whole world of incredible beauty

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