Recreation in the hills includes canoeing and kayaking, camping, fishing, hunting and hiking. Schafer State Park, part of the Washington State Parks system, is on the Satsop River in the low hills at an altitude of ; Truman Glick County Park () is along the abandoned railroad on the southern side of the hills. Hiking destinations noted in printed and online guides include Satsop Lakes (), Spoon Creek Falls, South Mountain, a moderately well known winter hiking destination in Mason County, and Vance Creek Bridge, made famous from millions of Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter images and though on closed private land, was one of the more popular destinations on the Olympic Peninsula.