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Mason County is home to a variety of outdoor recreation, thanks to our towering mountains, huge tracts of national forest, and hundreds Mason County Transit is Bicycle Friendly! of miles of salt and freshwater shoreline. A variety of bicycle routes are Le g e n d highlighted with convenient map keys. Additionally, we’ve identified If roads get too busy or you grow too tired, remember that all Mason simply a matter of judgement regarding safety and passenger loads. BIKEWAYS many scenic and popular launches for kayaking, boating and fishing. For POINTS OF INTEREST County Transit buses provide bike racks. Rarely, but sometimes, you may be asked to take the next bus. If you bring your bicycle on board, please be responsible for its handling those who want to escape further into the forest, this map will show you Bike Routes Convenient, secure and easy-to-use, bicycle racks become a bicyclist’s and security in the wheelchair securement area throughout the trip. some of our favorite trails and trailheads for hiking and exploring. State Public Restroom Visitor Information Heavy Tra c ? best friend when weather conditions worsen or visibility lessens due and county parks for camping or outdoor play, Mason Transit bicycle- Schedule Information • 360-426-5033

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872 Lilliwaup Creek Dewatto River Sand Hill Rd Elfendahl Pass Rd Tahuya-Blacksmith Rd Sand Hill County Park Old Belfair Highway Lake Cushman NE Dewatto-Holly Rd spo 9 HOOD CANAL Rolling 870 Resort Hills Tahuya State Forest Trails Sand Hill Rd Around 3 Lilliwaup Both Lakes ORV, Mountain Bike, Horse To Bremerton 873 Trail Maps at spo 872. NM Chamber of Commerce in Belfair 871 1 Dewatto www.dnr.wa.gov Rollers, Dr ake 360.825.1631 tight curves, L H Union River ? Port of en a Hav ve and narrow Dewatto n shoulder Campground BELFAIR 887 Belfair-Tahuya Rd Rollers, Elfendahl Pass Rd tight curves, and narrow Dewatto Rd shoulder Mission Creek 300 101 Narrow Bridge Theler d Wetlands ya R 119 Restawhile Belfair-Tahu Resort Belfair . State Park 877 HOODSPORT North Shore Rd (Burma Rd) Recycling Center 879 Tahuya River s Foothills F County 106 Park ? Maggie Lake North Shore Rd Coulter Creek Lake Belfair-Tahuya Rd Deveraux North Bay Rd Menard’s North Mason County RecreationLanding • SOUTH Bay \ k 302 County Park l a c e s o f o t e South Fork Skokomish River 12 Harvey Tahuya River Rd P N Rendstand 1 County Park HOOD CANAL Trails Rd Allyn Recycling Center Twanoh Waterfront 1 2 3 4 State Park 15Park Historic Sites Museums Potlatch North Shore Rd . ALLYN Victor State 13 Allyn Historic Church (1909) – Park \ Home of Sacred Belongings – . North 1Allyn’s oldest building on SR-3. C5 Squaxin Island Indian Tribal a so n o u n t y a v o r i t e i c y c l e i d e s Bay A M C F B R UNION Union County Tahuya Kayak Museum, Library and Research FS Rd #23 to LeBar Horse Camp Boat Launch North Shore Rd Park Craftsman Grange (1924) – Union Trails End Center - On Old Olympic Highway, Mason Lake Lake 2Now an antique store in Union on Southwest County Loop - Dayton, Matlock, Schafer St. Park • 90 miles Marina County Park SR-106. D3 south from Kamilche, follow signs. H3 E 2 106 CASE Union Cty Dalby Waterwheel (1922) – Early 1, 2 G, H Park Skokomish hydroelectric plant on Hood Canal, Trails Rd Grapeview Loop Rd INLET 3 River Flats 3 3 Harstine Island Loop • 9.4 miles 5G Skokomish Dalby Road preserved by HC Improvement Club in 5 Mason Lake Dr W Reservation Union on SR-106. D,E3 Sherwood Creek Treasure FS Rd #2340 North Fork Skokomish River Island Mason Lake Loop • 24 miles 4E-F E Mason Lake Dr E Grapeview Goldsborough Creek Bridge D LOOP Benson (1923) – 57-ft reinforced concrete Mason Lake Fair Harbor 4 Skokomish Valley Road • 11 miles 2-3F Skokomish Valley Road MILE

12 Lake Marina tied arch bridge in Shelton on SR-3. G3 McReavy Rd McReavy Stretch Point 106 GRAPEVIEW LOOP RD State Park Trails Rd High Steel Bridge (1929) – Part Kamilche-Bloomfield - Old Olympic Highway Loop • 12 miles 3,4H Narrow Bridge 7.8 MILE LOOP (water access only) of logging railroad built by Simpson, dogs E Mason Lake Dr E Grapeview Loop Rd Stretch 5 Grapeview Loop Road • 7.8 miles 5E, F Narrow Bridge Mason-Benson Rd Island this 685-foot bridge is perched 420 feet Purdy Cut-O Road above the south fork of the Skokomish River. F2 E Mason Lake Rd Hamma Hamma Guard Station Mason County Historical Anthony Rd McReavy Road 6(1936-37) – Constructed by the BSociety & Museum – Extensive Lake CCC for forest service fire and trail crews, collection of historic artifacts. Open 101 Limerick northwest of Eldon off US-101. A3 T-F, 11 am-5 pm; Saturday, 11 am - 4 Jarrell Cove Jarrell Cove pm 5th & Railroad, Downtown Shelton Beeville Loop .State Park Marina Harstine Island Community Hall Brockdale Road 360-426-1020. G3 8.2 Miles Pickering Rd Pierce County 7Historic landmark at N. Island Drive & F Park State Harstine Island Drive. F5 Matlock Historical Museum Patrol & Ride 7 Bicycle Guide Former schoolhouse with turn- McEwan Prairie Road Map North & South Hamma Hamma C Truman-Glick Beeville Road Spencer 8Bridges (1924) – Identical three- of-the-century artifacts open by County Park Mason Lake Spencer Lake Rd Lake Spencer www.pierce- hinged, reinforced-concrete through- appointment on Matlock-Brady Road. Lake Island Lake Rd N Island Dr ribbed arch bridges, south of Eldon on Call 360-482-3382. G1 Nahwatzel 102 Lake Latimer’s countywa.org/ Shelton-Matlock Road Dayton Airport Road Not Recommended Agate Loop Rd Landing US-101. A4 Shelton-Matlock Road Phillips Lake bikemap Skokomish Tribal Center - Twana E H N McMicken Ford RoadFord O County Park Lilliwaup Community Club Matlock G Z art, artifacts and photographs, open PIN Mason Harstine Bridge Rd ROLLERS Island D P Prison O STO N County Mason County State Park (1904) – Former one-room Deckerville Road Harstine Island Rd 9 M-F at SR-106, near Skokomish River ROLLERS View Lake Dayton Fairgrounds HARSTINE ISLAND John’s Prairie Road Recreation (water access only) schoolhouse in Lilliwaup on US-101. B3 Se e Area 9.4 MILE LOOP Bridge. F3 Sh e l t o n 3 Shelton Public Library and Town Hall (1914) – Classic Natural Wonders Island S Island Dr 1 0 In s e t Ma p SHELTON revival stucco construction in Shelton on Lake Port of 800-Year Old Cedar Tree – Giant b e l ow Shelton Harstine 5th & Railroad. G3 Oakland Bay Pickering Rd Etree with 14-ft diameter which fell Matlock-Brady RoadC Little Egypt Road Agate Rd Island Simpson Logging Locomotive in 1988 during heavy rains, past Camp 11 10 ? Shorecrest No. 7 (1924) and Peninsula Cushman to FS-24 and Staircase Ranger Walker County Park Squaxin 1 1 Shelton-Matlock Road B 4 County Park Hammersley Inlet Island Railway Caboose No. 700 (1920s) – Station. B2 \ Indian Shay-type locomotive and caboose with . Arcadia Road Reservation VIEW Arcadia Point cupola on 3rd & Railroad in Shelton. G3 Hood Canal Salmon Hatchery G Shelton-Valley Road F– Hoodsport at Finch Creek off Rollers & hills Tacoma City Light Hope Island US-101. C3 OLLERS State Park (water access only) R 1 2 Hydropower Plant (1926) Deegan Road . – Power is conveyed from dams at PANHANDLE Lynch Road LAKE 4-H CAMP Skokomish River and Lake Cushman to Tacoma at Potlatch on US-101. C3 MILES Lake SOUTH 11 Isabella Tombstone Territory (late Cole Road Lake Isabella 1 3 1800s) – Wooden grave OLLERS Cloquallum Road R Lost State Park PUGET marker and signpost with actual graves Highland Road Lake Rollers & some hills underneath North Shore Road about 3 101 SOUND miles past Tahuya. D3 Lynch Road

Bloomeld Road Kamilche Matlock-Brady Road E Fork Satsop River A Decker Creek ? Kamilche Point Road Thurston County Shelton Satsop-Cloquallum Road Bloomeld Road Bicycle Guide Map Schafer www.thurstoncountybikemap.org H 24 miles State Park Old Olympic Cloquallum Road Highway Hurley Waldrip Road ROLLERS To McLeary 108 To Elma Grays Harbor County • www.visitgraysharbor.com To Olympia To Olympia B i k e , Ka y a k a n d Di v e Sa f e l y 7. Wear a helmet and never ride with headphones - Always wear a 16. Audibly alert pedestrians as you approach. Yield to Bicycling helmet. Never wear a headphone while riding a bike. pedestrians in crosswalks. Diving 8. Dress appropriately - In rain wear a poncho or waterproof 17. Use caution when large vehicles are in the left lane at Bicycles are legally considered “vehicles” on suit. Dress in layers so you can adjust to temperature changes. intersection. They may be swinging wide for a right turn. Any public access to water is free and available for diving. (Sund Washington’s roadways. That means bicyclists must Rock charges $15 per diver, find out more at the HoodSport & Dive.) Wear bright colored clothing. www.wsdot.wa.gov/bike obey the rules of the road like drivers of any other Snorkeling is best at low tide on any public beach. 9. Use hand signals - Hand signals tell motorists and pedestrians vehicle and must be treated as equal users by all other www.masontransit.org what you intend to do. Signal as a matter of law, of courtesy, vehicles. Interested in becoming a diver? and of self-protection. Al s o Wa s h i n g t o n St a t e DNR h a s ORV(o f f Ro ad Ve h i c l e ) Ma p s Contact PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) The best way to avoid accidents is to be prepared and ava i l a b l e o n t h e i r w e b s i t e : www .d n r .wa .g o v be aware of other vehicles around you. Avoid common 10. Ride in the middle of the lane in slower traffic- Get in www.padi.com bicyclist errors and common motorist errors committed the middle of the lane at busy intersections and whenever you around bicyclists. are moving at the same speed as traffic. Other great diving websites: Here are some safety tips for biking in Washington: 11. Choose the best way to turn left – There are two choices: www.theperfectdive.com 1. Obey traffic signs and signals - Bicycles must follow the (1) Like an auto: signal to move into the left turn lane and Kayaking The Perfect Dive- by divers rules of the road like other vehicles. then turn left. (2) Like a pedestrian: ride straight to www.tdisdi.com You can put your kayak (or canoe) in at any public access. International Dive Training 2. Never ride against traffic - Motorists aren’t looking the far side crosswalk. Walk your bike across. Some Safety Tips: for bicyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. 12. Make eye contact with drivers - Assume that • ALWAYS wear a properly fitting U.S. Coast Guard-approved State law and common sense require that bicyclists other drivers don’t see you until you are sure that Life Jacket at all times on the water. drive like other vehicles. they do. Eye contact is important with any driver who • Don’t drink alcohol before or while boating. 3. Follow lane markings - Don’t turn left from the right might pose a threat to your safety. • Know the water you’re paddling, plan your day of paddling, lane. Don’t go straight in a lane marked “right-turn 13. Look out for road hazards - Watch out for and file a “float plan” so that someone knows where only.” parallel-slat sewer grates, gravel, ice, sand or debris. to find you and when you plan to return. 4. Don’t pass on the right - Motorists may not look for Cross railroad tracks at right angles. • Always paddle with a partner. or see a bicycle passing on the right. 14. Use lights at night - The law requires a white headlight (visible from at least 500 feet ahead) and More tips at: 5. Scan the road behind you - Learn to look back over www.parks.wa.gov/boating a rear reflector or taillight (visible up to 300 feet from your shoulder without losing your balance or swerving. Washington State Parks Some riders use rear-view mirrors. behind). www.uscgboating.org 6. Keep both hands ready to brake - You may not stop 15. Keep your bike in good repair - Adjust your Boating Safety Division, US Coast Guard in time if you brake one-handed. Allow extra distance bike to fit you and keep it working properly. Check brakes and tires regularly. Routine maintenance is www.wwta.org for stopping in the rain, since brakes are less efficient Washington Water Trails Association simple and you can learn to do it yourself. when wet. Tu r n o v e r f o r No r t h Ma s o n Co u n t y Re c r e a t i o n Ma p

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