Trail Etiquette

A few simple rules of trail courtesy can enhance everyone’s experience:

• Be considerate and aware of your impact on the trail and other trail users. • Park in designated lots or parking areas near trailheads or trail access points. • Watch out for other trail users. You can find additional maps for individual trails and neighborhood walks at the Allow bicyclists and skaters to Skagit County Healthy Communities pass. If the trail is crowded, stay Web site, www.beactiveskagit.org. to the right and form a single line if walking with a friend or group. • Minimize trail erosion by staying on the designated trail. Respect the rights of privacy of adjacent property owners. • Use nearby toilet facilities.

Rules of the Trail

• Observe trail closure signs, posted rules, and hours. • Observe posted dog and domesticated animal rules and clean up after your pet(s). • Use available trash bins or pack out litter. • Do not damage or remove vegetation.

Safety Tips for Enjoyable Walks ADDITIONAL TRAIL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES: TRAIL MAP LEGEND • Walk against traffic on roads with There are hundreds of other trails to walk and hike in Skagit County outside the no sidewalks. urban areas. Find information about these trails in hiking books, on maps, from • Use crosswalks when available. various government agencies, and on the Internet. Parking permits may be required Watch out for turning vehicles. at some locations. Here are a few good options for well-maintained and easy to Look in all directions before use trails in Skagit County: crossing at an intersection, and • Deception Pass State Park at Rosario Head and Bowman Bay: obey traffic signs and signals. This large park has several miles of scenic trails from flat to moderate terrain. • Carry identification that includes Contact at 360-675-2417 or www.parks.wa.gov/alpha.asp your name, phone number, and pertinent medical information. • Pacific Northwest Trail Association (PNT): Carry a cell phone if you have Part of this diverse 1200 mile hiking and walking trail crosses Skagit County on roads and other trails. Contact at 877-854-9415 or www.pnt.org/ one. • Stay alert and be observant of • Wiley Slough –Skagit Wildlife Area: your surroundings. If you wear The land around Wiley Slough includes a few miles of easy trails to walk. headphones, keep the sound low This area is also used for hunting, bird watching, and boat launching. Contact so you can hear what is going on Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Skagit Headquarters, 360-445-4441 or www.wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/skagit around you. • Walk with a partner for fun, • National Forest and National Park trails in this area friendship, and safety. Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, Mount Baker Ranger District, 360-856-5700, www.fs.fed.us./r6/mbs/ or North Cascades National Park 360-854-7200 or http://www.nps.gov/noca/

SHIP HARBOR pathway between deciduous forest and grassy meadow. In ANACORTES COMMUNITY PASS LAKE PADILLA BAY UPLAND TRAIL PORT OF SKAGIT NATURE TRAILS BURLINGTON-EDISON SCHOOL Skagit County 2 INTERPRETIVE TRAIL the winter the trail gets wet below the hillside on the south 7 FOREST LANDS 9 11 Padilla Bay Reserve 13 Port of Skagit 16 DISTRICT REGIONAL PLAYFIELDS Anacortes Parks and Recreation end. Look for ducks, herons, muskrat, and red winged Anacortes Parks & Recreation Burlington Edison School District blackbirds. Restrooms are available at Volunteer Park. P P P WALKING TRAIL P P Degree of difficulty: Moderate Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy P Trail Contact Information Degree of difficulty: Easy 5 ROTARY PARK Degree of difficulty: Easy to Length: 2-mile loop Length: .8 mile Length: 10.22 miles Degree of difficulty: Easy GUIDE Length: Approximately .5 miles out and back Anacortes Parks and Recreation moderate and difficult Location: Park at Pass Lake in the Deception Pass area, at Location: 10441 Location: The Port of Skagit Nature Trails travel through the Length: .75 miles Breazeale Padilla Bay Interpretive Center Location: From Commercial Avenue (Highway 20 spur) Length: Fifty miles of trails intersection of Highway 20 and Rosario Road. Trail begins Bayview-Edison Road. Bayview Business Park and Skagit Regional Airport. Parking Location: 601 North Burlington Boulevard, north of 360-428-1558, www.padillabay.gov follow 12th/Oakes Avenue; turn right at Ship Harbor Blvd. P Location: Anacortes on north side of parking lot. Departs from Breazeale is available at the Ovenell Road and Higgins Airport Way, Burlington-Edison High School. The trail begins at cul de sac. Degree of difficulty: Easy Description: A network of Description: Loop trail. Lakeshore portion follows the Interpretive Center parking Josh Wilson Road and Higgins Airport Way, or at the Port Description: This trail loop around a ball field complex Burlington-Edison School District TRAIL DESCRIPTION LEGEND Description: A gravel trail into the Ship Harbor Interpretive Length: .25 mile easy to moderate trails contour of the shoreline about a hundred yards in from the lot. Pick up trail guide in Administration Building at 15400 Airport Drive. provides a place for walking or jogging and consists of 360-757-3387 Location: Close to the east end of 6th Street take a left Wheelchair Accessible Preserve. Four viewing platforms with educational signage located on 2800 acres of lake on the lake’s northern shore then leaves the shore and the Center at front desk. Description: The Port's trails are a gravel network of trails sawdust over rock. No animals, drugs, alcohol, or smoking City of Anacortes Parks and Recreation help visitors understand the history of the site as well as towards Cap Sante Marina diverse terrain in the heads left at the fork and loops back around to the start Description: Winding stroll open to bicycles, pedestrians and pets on leash. They wind allowed. Restrooms are available during daylight hours. The 360-293-1918, www.cityofanacortes.org Restrooms Playground local flora and fauna. Description: A walk along this paved trail provides views Anacortes Community Forest further up the hill. in the Padilla Bay upland through forests, along roadways and around wetlands. trail is not ADA compliant; however there is a ramp and City of Burlington Parks and Recreation of Anacortes, the San Juan Islands, and several mountain Lands. The acreage includes Heart Lake, Whistle Lake, area through meadow and paved access to the picnic area and playground. 360-755-9649, www.ci.burlington.wa.us Picnic Parking GUEMES CHANNEL TRAIL peaks of the North Cascades. The trail starts at Cap Sante Little Cranberry Lake, and the Mt. Erie/Sugarloaf area. The PIONEER PARK TRAILS forest habitat you will see views of Mt. Erie, Padilla Bay, POMONA GRANGE PARK P 10 City of Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation 3 Anacortes Parks and Recreation Marina and ends at a gazebo and picnic area. trails meander under the canopy of native vegetation, some Town of La Conner and eastern San Juan Islands. The first half of the trail is 14 Skagit County Parks and Recreation HIGHWAY 20 TRAIL of which lead to distant view lookouts. Detailed maps may paved for wheelchair accessibility; the rest is composed of 17 Burlington Parks and Recreation/ 360-336-6213, www.mountvernonwa.gov TOMMY THOMPSON P P 6 be obtained from the Anacortes Parks and Recreation gravel. P Skagit County Parks and Recreation City of Sedro-Woolley Parks and Recreation Degree of difficulty: Easy Anacortes Parks and Recreation Department. Restrooms are available at Whistle Lake Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate Degree of difficulty: Easy 360-855-1661, www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us WASHINGTON PARK Length: 1 mile out and back (intersection of Trail 20 and 21), and at the Heart Lake Length: 2,285 lineal feet PADILLA BAY SHORE TRAIL Length: Two separate trails, each trail is .25 miles long. P 1 “Scenic Loop Road” – P 12 Department of Natural Resources Location: From Commercial Avenue (Highway 20 spur) parking lot. Location: Pioneer Park is located at the bridge crossing Skagit County Parks & Recreation Location: Pomona Grange Park is about 2 miles north of Degree of difficulty: Easy 360-856-3500, www.dnr.wa.gov Anacortes Parks and Recreation follow 12th/Oakes Avenue; turn right at Ship Harbor Blvd. Degree of difficulty: Easy from La Conner to the Swinomish Tribal Community. Cook Road on Old Hwy 99. The park is on the east side of Length: 1.7 miles (.8 paved) Length: 3.3 miles P La Conner Town Hall and Facility Information P The trail begins at cul de sac. SHARPE PARK/MONTGOMERY Pioneer Parkway divides the park into northern and the road and well marked. Location: West end is located Description: Paved trail along the Guemes Channel with Location: Q and R Avenues, between 22nd and 11th 8 DUBAN HEADLANDS southern sections. The main park entrance is into the Degree of difficulty: Easy Description: This is an interpretive trail. Salmon can be at Lions Club Park, off 360-466-3125, www.townoflaconner.org Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate views of the San Juan Islands to the north and west. Trail Streets. Skagit County Parks & Recreation southern section. The trails may also Length: 4.2 miles seen spawning during the fall months. The ADA accessible Highway 20 at Anacortes Pacific Northwest Trail Association Length: 2.3 mile loop heads approximately .5 miles east along the shoreline. Description: 12-foot wide asphalt pathway extends from be accessed beneath the bridge. Location: Accessed from Bayview-Edison Road portable toilet is available year round at this park. Street. 360-854-9415, www.pnt.org Location: West end of Sunset Avenue (within Washington 4th Street to 34th and continues out P Description: Louisa Ann Conner, the Description: An easy out and back trip along the Padilla Description: Asphalt paved Port of Skagit County Park, near Sunset Beach) to March Point over Fidalgo Bay on SMILEY’S BOTTOM Degree of difficulty: Easy to difficult town’s namesake, donated 12-acre Bay shoreline with views of the Cascade and Olympic ALLEN PLAYFIELD trail from Regent Street to 360-757-0011, www.portofskagit.com Description: There are numerous walking and hiking trails 4 Anacortes School District abandoned railroad trestle. The trail Length: 4 miles Pioneer Park to the town of La mountain ranges and a biologically significant Puget Sound 15 Skagit County Parks and Recreation Gardner Road becomes a in the park. The most popular walking trail is the Scenic has a parking lot and restroom Location: Accessed off Rosario Road, south of Anacortes. Conner. Public access and park estuary. Padilla Bay hosts one of the largest wintering compact gravel trail as it Skagit County Parks and Recreation Loop Road. This single lane road is closed to traffic until 10 P facility on 22nd Street, as well as Description: A 112-acre nature preserve with almost 3000 amenities are mostly located in the populations of peregrine falcons. Limited parking is P travels east to District Line 360-336-9414, www.skagitcounty.net a.m. each morning. The trail winds Degree of difficulty: Easy parking lots at the Fidalgo Bay feet of shoreline, an extensive freshwater beaver pond and southern section. Trails are mostly in available at the southern trailhead. There is ample parking Degree of difficulty: Easy Road in a tree-lined parkway Skagit County Healthy Communities through forested areas Length : 1 mile Resort and at the trail’s intersection a walking trail to a breathtaking view of Rosario Strait, the the northern section with vistas of available at the parking lot off Second Street, just north of Length: .75 miles between Highway 20 and 360-814-2331, www.beactiveskagit.org with views of Rosario Location: West of Anacortes High School. Accessed at 17th with 30th Street. Along the trail Olympic Mountains, and San Juan Islands. the Swinomish Channel and westerly the trailhead. Location: Off Chuckanut Drive in the 9300 block. Parking Burlington Northern railroad Skagit Land Trust Straits, the San Juan there are benches, and a lookout Street parking lot or Volunteer Park off 12th Street. views of farmlands and Mount is available on Chuckanut Drive and off Allen West Road tracks. 360-428-7878, www.skagitlandtrust.org Islands, Puget Sound, Description: This former bog now holds a mixture of sports point with picnic tables. Baker. Proximity to picturesque La just north of the Chuckanut Drive lot. Burrows Channel, South fields and wetland habitat. There is plenty to explore as you Conner makes it easy to combine a walk Description: There is no formal walking trail at this WA State Parks Information Center Sound, Fidalgo Island and walk around the entire basin. Head behind the baseball in the park with an extended stroll through town or a walk location; walkers encircle the large grass athletic field 360-755-9231, www.parks.wa.gov Mt. Erie. outfield walls to get to the wild side. The trail follows the to the Rainbow Bridge. complex. This is a great off-street option. *Portable toilet is shore of the largest pond and then becomes a mowed seasonal (April-November) and ADA accessible. ROTARY PARK 18 Burlington Parks and Recreation P Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: .5 miles Location: 851 South Section Street, south off Rio Vista Avenue. Description: Encircling the athletic complex, this flat soft wood chip surface provides an easy walk with views of the park and residential Burlington. BURLINGTON DIKE 19 TRAIL Burlington Parks and Recreation P Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 1.5 mile Location: Accessible from Skagit River Park/Playfields or at the dike on the north end of Whitmarsh soccer fields. Parking is available at the park or in front of the soccer fields. There is also limited parking at the boat launch, which is locked from dusk to dawn. Description: This 1.5 mile stretch of scenic dike trail travels along the Skagit River from Whitmarsh Field train trestle at the southern end to the Roger "Gus" Tjeerdsma Boat Launch.

WALNUT POND TRAIL 20 Burlington Parks and Recreation P Degree of difficulty: Easy Distance: 1/8 mile Location: Entrance is on southeast corner of the parking lot behind K-Mart off Burlington Discover the wonderful trails Boulevard or from the west side of the and walking opportunities south end of Walnut Street before the road intersects with Port Drive. Skagit County has to offer. Description: A wood chip trail that circles Walnut Pond. SKAGIT COUNTY 21 PLAYFIELDS TRAIL Skagit County Parks and Recreation P Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 1.5 miles This map is intended to familiarize walkers Location: Access from Skagit Valley with the many great walking and trail opportunities College, 2405 East College Way (at rear of in Skagit County and to provide basic information campus) or from 2700 Martin Road. for users to locate and use them. Description: Part of this 25-acre complex provides a fitness trail used for walking and The guide is made possible with support from Skagit Council of jogging. This trail makes a loop around the Governments Active Community Task Force, Skagit County Healthy perimeter of the athletic field complex and Communities, Skagit Valley Hospital, Anacortes Chamber of Commerce, college campus. Several cross trails are Island Hospital, United General Hospital, Skagit Valley Tourism Group, Kiwanis Club of Skagit-Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon Chamber of available for shorter loops. Commerce, Sherman Physical Therapy, Riverside Health Club, Sedro- Woolley Chamber of Commerce, Skagit State Bank, La Conner Chamber of Commerce, Port of Skagit, Kiwanis Club of Burlington-Edison, Skagit Valley Food Co-Op, Shell Puget Sound Refinery, and Susan Grosvenor Krienen Foundation.

Special thanks to Skagit County GIS/Mapping Services, Skagit County Department of Health, trail agencies and volunteers, and the Walking Guide Work Group consisting of Mark Semrau, Liz McNett Crowl, Jeroldine Hallberg, Wade Bessett, Linda Talman, Marie Erbstoeszer, Linda Wright, Danielle Wensauer, Ann Marie Gutwein, John Pope, and Gabe KULSHAN TRAIL KIWANIS PARK BOARDWALK loop, a series of switchbacks and steep slopes that meander LITTLE MOUNTAIN PARK TRAILS FRUITDALE/ MCGARIGLE ROAD CASCADE TRAIL HOWARD MILLER STEELHEAD Philips. 24 26 through mature stands of conifers that border a natural 30 32 34 36 Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation PATH Skagit County Parks and Recreation PARK TRAIL To make a contribution or wetland. For additional walking loops that feature Maddox City of Sedro-Woolley Skagit County Parks and Recreation request multiple copies P P Creek Trails and the surrounding neighborhoods visit P P contact [email protected]. Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy www.beactiveskagit.org. Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate and difficult P Degree of difficulty: Easy P EDGEWATER PARK Length: Approximately 2.5 Length: Approximately .2 miles Length: Mileage total of all Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 22 miles Degree of difficulty: Easy Map Design: Kim Berry, Skagit EAGLEMONT TRAILS County GIS/Mapping Services 22 Mount Vernon Parks and miles Location: Kiwanis Park on 18th Street 29 trails 7.33 plus the paved Length: 1.2 miles Location: Sedro Woolley to Length: 4 miles Recreation Location: The Kulshan Trail Description: The raised boardwalk travels through park Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation road is 1.5 miles Location: The trail runs along Fruitdale Road from State Concrete Location: Howard Miller State Park, Highway 20 Graphic Design: Premier Graphics corridor extends from the wetlands connecting Broadway to 20th street. The trail is P Location: Little Mountain Route 20 to McGarigle Road, then west on McGarigle to Description: The Cascade Trail Description: The 8-miles roundtrip trail meanders along the P downtown Mount Vernon ADA compliant. Park State Route 9. is a banked railway that has north side of the Skagit Photos courtesy of Linda Wright, Chuck Mell, Amber Skagit Riverwalk and Lion’s Degree of difficulty: Moderate Description: A network of Description: 10-foot wide paved multi-use path in the been developed into a 22- mile River and begins on the Degree of difficulty: Easy Philips, Terry Afdem, and Liz Park easterly past Bakerview TRUMPETER TRAIL Length: About .8 miles one way trails located on 517 acres northeast region of the city runs past the Northern State multi-use (pedestrian, cycling, west end of the park. Length: .25 miles 27 McNett Crowl. Location: Edgewater Park in west Mount Park to Waugh Road. Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation Location: Eaglemont Development off South Waugh Road. of diverse terrain in Little Recreation Area grounds and offers scenic views including and equestrian) gravel trail linking Sedro Woolley to Watch the eagles swoop Vernon Description: A multi-use paved It is best to park in the Eaglemont Golf Course parking lot Mountain Park. Little Haystack Mountain and Lyman Hill. The trail connects to Concrete. The trail meanders through towns and down to talon chum Description: A series of paved and unpaved trail that connects Mount Degree of difficulty: Easy as direct trail access is in a no-parking zone. Mountain Park offers views the Cascade Trail at the intersection of Highway 20 and agricultural lands along the way. salmon on the sand bars areas along the Skagit River in Edgewater Vernon’s downtown area with commercial and residential Length: Approximately 1.1 miles Description: This loop starts from the of western Skagit Valley, Puget Sound, and the Fruitdale Road, and also connects to the Northern State on Washington State’s Park. Trail passes by artwork and areas to the east. This trail passes by several schools, Location: North of Division Street, or north and south side parking lot and travels to a Olympic Mountains. Multi-use and hiker-only trailheads Recreation Area Trail at the intersection of McGarigle and CUMBERLAND CREEK second largest river. The

playground. Walking along the perimeter of salmon-rearing ponds, natural areas, a community garden of Section Street. wooded trail on sidewalks. can be accessed off Hickox Road in south Mount Vernon Fruitdale Roads. Parking is available on State Route 20 at 35 INTERPRETIVE TRAIL “fly bars” along this

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the grassy fields can create a longer walk. and the Bakerview Park complex. Bicycle commuters, Description: The north section of Trumpeter Trail travels From the parking lot go or from Little Mountain Park. If starting from Hickox Road the SW corner of the intersection at Fruitdale Road. Skagit Land Trust section of the river are well known o

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walkers, joggers, and skaters enjoy this shared-use trail. At from the corner of Division and 25th Street on a paved trail north to Landmark Drive, there is limited parking on the private road just west of the amongst the local fly fishermen. g

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SKAGIT RIVERWALK 30th Street users can continue straight or take the wide through a wetland to LaVenture Road. For the central and turn left on Alpine View trailhead. Little Mountain Park is off Little Mountain Road NORTHERN STATE RECREATION P M

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23 Mount Vernon Parks and sidewalk/asphalt pathway around the perimeter of south sections of trail start at Division and 25th Street, Drive and continue to New about .2 miles from Blackburn Road. Restroom is located 33 AREA TRAIL Degree of difficulty: Easy PRESSENTIN TRAILS w

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Recreation Bakerview Park, then turn into the park at the gate and cross Division and walk east on the wide sidewalk to the Woods Place. In the cul-de- off the upper parking lot. Skagit County Parks and Recreation Length: 2.5 miles 37 Skagit County Parks and Recreation c

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proceed through the soccer center parking area to pick up trailhead. Head south, enjoying this narrow greenway, sac you will find the Location: From the South Skagit Highway Park & Ride off m

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Degree of difficulty: Easy through a restored wetlands area. Parking” sign. The gravel pathway, which includes a steep Skagit County Parks and Recreation Degree of difficulty: Easy South Skagit Highway 12 miles east. Turn left into the Degree of difficulty: Easy

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Length: .5 miles MADDOX CREEK TRAILS slope, passes by wetlands and beaver ponds. After you pass Length: 6 miles driveway marked #34183 and take the left fork (do not Length: 1 mile i

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Location: Along the river, west of Main HILLCREST PARK 28 Mount Vernon Parks the retention pond turn right, cross Beaver Pond Drive and go P Location: North of State Route 20 on Helmick Road, just block private driveway on the right). Park on side of Location: Highway 20 in Marblemount c

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Street from the Moose Lodge to the bridge. Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation and Recreation to left on sidewalk for .3 miles. A gravel walkway branches Degree of difficulty: Easy east of Sedro Woolley. driveway in front of the (locked) gate and walk in. Description: Great birding trails twisting along open

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Mount Vernon Bridge, where you pick up P P the hill to Parkview Drive. Turn right on Park View Drive and Location: Off Highway 9 at south end of Lake McMurray Northern State Hospital farm. The trail wanders through a Creek Conservation Area via a network of interpretive Skagit River and connecting slough. If you are lucky, you

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the new section of the trail and connect Degree of difficulty: Moderate Degree of difficulty: Moderate follow the sidewalk .1 miles down the hill. Continue by Description: 1.25-miles round trip. The trail bisects a historical farm, along Hansen Creek, and atop upland trails. Experience the diverse deciduous 195-acre forest in may even spot a black bear. a

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with Lions Park and Kulshan Trail. Length: .25 mile loop Length: .75 miles sidewalk up the hill on Beaver Pond Drive North, turning wetland and connects to the Snohomish portion of the meadows. The trail will take you to the heart of prime elk the Skagit River floodplain, which protects vital salmon- I

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Description: The Skagit Riverwalk overlooks Location: Hillcrest Park is located at: 1717 South 13th Location: Maddox Creek Road right on Eaglemont Drive and the parking lot. Another option Centennial rail trail while providing wildlife viewing habitat and you’ll find signs of coyote, deer, and spawning habitat and is home to many amphibians and •

the Skagit River. Parking is available at both Street. Park in the parking lot and go southwest from the lot Description: A series of paved when you return to Beaver Pond Drive North is to go back on opportunities. occasionally cougar and bear. Bring a flying disc and play birds. Visit the Skagit Land Trust Web site p e t S t x e N e h t e k a ends. to locate the trail. and gravel pathways through the the original section of trail for an out and back loop. For the disc golf course while you wander the trails. Several (http://www.skagitlandtrust.org/properties/cumberland- T Description: A nice stroll through the wooded area of woods and hills of the Maddox Creek additional walking loops that feature Eaglemont Trail and the new berm trails bisect the Hanson Creek alluvial fan on the creek.aspx) to download a brochure that corresponds to lower Hillcrest Park. This is a great off-street option. neighborhood. A new addition is the Maddox Creek Canyon surrounding neighborhoods visit www.beactiveskagit.org. south end of the park. Birding is superb in these wetlands. numbered posts for the interpretive trail.