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Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Skagit County Parks & Recreation SHARED USE PATH Skagit County Parks & Recreation STEELHEAD PARK TRAIL and volunteers, and the Walking Guide Work Group consisting of Bicycle City of Sedro-Woolley Skagit County Parks & Recreation Mark Semrau, Liz McNett Crowl, Jeroldine Hallberg, Linda Talman, commuters, Marie Erbstoeszer, Tara Satushek, Steve Jahn, John Pope and Gabe walkers, Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Moderate Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of Philips. joggers, dog Length: 2.7 miles Length: 0.2 miles Length: 0.8 miles one way Length: 1.25 miles Degree of difficulty: Easy difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy walkers and Location: Along the Skagit River, from Kincaid Street to the North Location: Kiwanis Park on 18th Street Location: Eaglemont Location: Off State Route 9 at south end of Lake McMurray Length: 1.2 miles Length: 22 miles Length: 4 miles To make a contribution or request multiple skaters enjoy Riverwalk Loop in North Lions Park. Parking is available at Lions Park Description: The raised boardwalk travels through park wetlands neighborhood off of South Waugh Description: 1.25-miles round trip. The trail bisects a wetland while Location: The trail runs along Fruitdale Road from State Route 20 to Location: Paved Location: Howard Miller State Park, State Route 20, Rockport. copies contact [email protected]. this multi-use North, Lions Park and along Main Street. connecting Broadway to 20th street. The trail is wheelchair Road. Park at the Beaver Pond providing wildlife viewing opportunities. This section does not McGarigle Road, then west on McGarigle to State Route 9. parking area is Description: The 8-mile round trail. At 30th Description: The paved Skagit Riverwalk and Plaza overlook the accessible. Shelter & Trailhead at 4824 Beaver connect directly to the Snohomish County Centennial Trail, which is Description: 10-foot wide paved multi-use path in the northeast available at Fruitdale trip trail meanders along Map Design: Kim Berry, Skagit County GIS/ Street users Skagit River. From Lions Park the trail becomes a hard packed gravel Pond Drive South. farther south on State Route 9 at the Nakashima Barn Trailhead. region of the city runs past the Northern State Recreation Area Road and State Route the north side of the Skagit Mapping Services Graphic Design: Skagit Valley Publishing can continue trail that loops through the forest and along a short section of river 32 TRUMPETER TRAIL Description: The out & back gravel pathway, which includes a steep grounds and offers scenic views including Haystack Mountain and 20. The trail can River and begins on the straight or levy. Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation slope, passes by wetlands and beaver ponds. Access the trailhead Lyman Hill. The trail connects to the Cascade Trail at the intersection also be accessed west end of the park. Watch Photos courtesy of Linda Wright, Chuck take the wide on the west side of the retention pond. A second path can be HIGHWAY 20 SHARED USE PATH of State Route 20 and Fruitdale Road, and also connects to the at various other the eagles swoop down to Mel, Amber Philips, Terry Afden and Liz 37 McNett Crowl. sidewalk/ Degree of difficulty: Easy located south of the park. Return to the park entrance and turn left, City of Sedro-Woolley Northern State Recreation Area Trail at the intersection of McGarigle locations along the talon Chum Salmon on the asphalt 29 EDGEWATER PARK Length: 1.1 miles cross Beaver Pond Drive and go on sidewalk for 0.3 miles. A gravel and Fruitdale Roads. Parking is available on State Route 20 at the route from Sedro- sand bars on Washington pathway Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Location: North and south side of Section Street approximately 0.4 walkway branches off to the right and proceeds 0.2 miles through Fruitdale Road parking lot. Woolley to Concrete. State’s second largest river. along 30th miles east of LaVenture Road. the woods up the hill to Parkview Lane. Turn right on Parkview Lane Degree of difficulty: Easy Description: The Cascade Trail is a former railway that has been The “fly bars” along this

and then Fir Street, around the Description: The Trumpeter Trail is a paved multi-use trail that and follow the sidewalk 0.2 miles down the hill. Turn right and Length: 1.25 Miles developed into a 22-mile multi-use (pedestrian, cycling, and section of the river are well

perimeter of Bakerview Park, then turn into Degree of difficulty: Easy stretches from south of Section Street to Laventure Road south of Fir continue by sidewalk, returning to Beaver Pond Shelter & Trailhead. Location: The path runs along the north side of State Route 20 from NORTHERN STATE equestrian), mostly gravel trail. A short section of trail has been paved known amongst the local fly others. and managers, land owners, property

the park at the gate and proceed through the Length: 0.25 miles Street. For additional walking loops that feature the Trumpeter Trail For additional walking loops that feature the Eaglemont Trail and the State Route 9 South to State Route 9 North/Township Street. 39 RECREATION AREA TRAIL in Sedro-Woolley ending at the Fruitdale Road Parking lot. The trail fishermen. officials, agency state officials, government city

soccer center parking area to pick up the trail Location: Edgewater Park in west Mount Vernon and the surrounding neighborhoods visit www.beactiveskagit.org. surrounding neighborhoods visit www.beactiveskagit.org. Description: The 10-foot wide concrete multi-use path runs the Skagit County Parks & Recreation passes through towns and agricultural lands along the way. and county to known desire your Make improved.

on the east side of the Skate Park where it travels Description: A series of paved and unpaved areas along the Skagit length of the city on State Route 20, starting at State Route 9 South or extended, created, are trails whether determine through a restored wetlands area. that organizations the contacting consider

River in Edgewater Park. Trail passes by artwork and a playground. 33 MADDOX CREEK TRAILS 35 LITTLE MOUNTAIN PARK TRAILS near the Crossroads Shopping Center, and runs eastward to State 43 PRESSENTIN TRAILS Walking along the perimeter of the grassy fields can create a longer Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Route 9 North/Township Street. Access to the Cascade Trail is by the Degree of difficulty: Easy CUMBERLAND CREEK Skagit County Parks & Recreation community, your in transportation motorized

RIVERLOOP TRAIL 27 walk. signal at State Route 20 and Township Street. Direct connections Length: 6.4 miles 41 INTERPRETIVE TRAIL non- and exercise for trails more want you If •

City of Mount Vernon to Cook Road and F&S Grade Road are located along the route. Location: North of State Route 20 on Helmick Road, just east of Skagit Land Trust

Degree of difficulty: Easy to difficult Sedro-Woolley. Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Moderate This path allows bicyclists and pedestrians to traverse the city contribution. financial

HILLCREST PARK Length: 0.75 miles Length: 11 miles plus the paved road is 1.5 miles while remaining separated from highway traffic. Along the pathway Description: The trails meander over what was once the Northern Length: 1 mile 30 a make or improvements trail and upkeep

Degree of difficulty: Easy Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation Location: Maddox Creek Location: Little Mountain Park Bingham Park, located 0.25 miles northeast of State Route9 South State Hospital historical farm, along Hansen Creek, and atop upland Degree of difficulty: Easy Location: State Route 20 in Marblemount

Length: 0.9 miles Round Trip Road Description: A network of trails located on 517 acres of diverse terrain includes restrooms, bicycle and RV camping facilities, picnic meadows. You can wander through the heart of prime elk habitat and Length: 2.5 miles of trails Description: Great birding trails twisting along open meadows and the with assist to trail a adopt can You them.

Location: Trail begins behind the northwest Description: A series of in Little Mountain Park. Little Mountain Park offers views of western facilities and a playground. Lions Park is located 0.8 miles east of find signs of coyote, deer, and occasionally cougar and bear. Bring Location: From State Route 9 take the South Skagit Highway 12 dense forested groves of trees. Enjoy views of the Skagit River and manage that organizations the supporting

corner of Wal-Mart parking lot off of Stewart Degree of difficulty: Moderate paved and gravel pathways Skagit Valley, Puget Sound, and the Olympic Mountains. Multi- State Route 9 South and includes parking and picnic facilities. Access a flying disc and play the disc golf course while you explore. Berm miles east. Turn left into the driveway marked #34183 and take the connecting sloughs. You may even spot a black bear. consider trails, walking certain use to like you If •

Road. Length: 0.25 mile loop through the woods and use and hiker-only trailheads can be accessed in the park or from to downtown Sedro-Woolley is available via the signal at State Route trails bisect the Hanson Creek alluvial fan on the south end of the left fork (do not block private driveway on the right). Park on side of

Description: The beginning portion of the trail Location: Hillcrest Park is located at: 1717 South 13th Street. Park in hills of the Maddox Creek various trail heads shown on the park map (http:// 20 and Ferry Street. park. Birding is superb in these wetlands. driveway in front of the (locked) gate and walk in. activities. daily other and commuting,

is paved and turns to gravel as you head south the parking lot and go southwest from the lot to locate the trail. neighborhood. A highlight is www.mountvernonwa.gov/index. Description: Explore the Cumberland Creek Conservation Area shopping, your into trails Incorporate errands. passing a storm water pond on your left. The Description: A nice stroll through the wooded area of lower Hillcrest the Maddox Creek Canyon aspx?NID=801). Two lookouts near via a network of interpretive trails. Experience the diverse 195-acre your into trails and exercise, fun, Integrate •

graveled portion of the trail makes a couple of Park. This is a great off-street option. loop, a series of switchbacks the upper parking area offer views of deciduous forest in the Skagit River floodplain, which protects vital gentle turns leading you up a slight incline to and steep slopes that meanders through mature stands of conifers that western Skagit Valley, Puget Sound, and salmon spawning habitat and is home to many amphibians and Step Next the Take where it will loop around another storm water border a natural wetland. For additional walking loops that feature the Olympic Mountains. Restrooms are birds. Visit the Skagit Land Trust Website (www.skagitlandtrust.org/ pond, bringing you back to return on the same the Maddox Creek Trails and the surrounding neighborhoods visit located off of the upper parking lot, at properties/cumberland-creek.aspx) to download a brochure that paved portion of trail where you began. www.beactiveskagit.org. mid-mountain and the East Trailhead. corresponds with numbered posts on the interpretive trail. BAKER Trail Etiquette LAKE Whatcom o A few simple rules of trail courtesy can C O o C L y u Y K t n H S n ty U S Whatcom County u C T A E M enhance everyone’s experience. K o A IS C R ty N H Skagit County U R n n T C D R

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R Information R B O O 9 B R ST AR H Blanchard Forest Block Trails K OA (Department of Natural Resources) 2 SHIP HARBOR 5 GUEMES MOUNTAIN TRAIL 8 ANACORTES COMMUNITY 11 CHANNEL PASSAGE BOARDWALK 13 PADILLA BAY UPLAND TRAIL 16 POMONA GRANGE PARK 19 HIGHWAY 20 TRAIL 360-856-3500, www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ Skagit County INTERPRETIVE TRAIL Skagit Land Trust FOREST LANDS Town of La Conner Padilla Bay Reserve Skagit County Parks & Recreation Burlington´ Parks & Recreation/Skagit County amp_rec_blanchard_fb_2012.pdf Anacortes Parks & Recreation Anacortes Parks & Recreation Parks & Recreation Breazeale Padilla Bay Interpretive Center 360-428-1558, www.padillabay.gov Degree of Difficulty: Moderate Degree of Difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy Degree of difficulty: Easy 052.5 Burlington-Edison School District WALKING TRAIL Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 1.2 miles one way Degree of difficulty: Easy to difficult Length: 0.4 miles Length: 0.8 miles Length: Two separate trails, each trail is 0.25 miles long. Degree of difficulty: Easy 360-757-3387 Length: 0.5 miles out and back Location: Travel to Guemes Island via the Guemes Island Ferry from Length: 50 miles Location: Along the Swinomish Channel extending from Center Location: 10441 Bay View-Edison Road. Departs from Breazeale Location: Pomona Grange Park is about 2 miles north of Cook Road Length: 1.7 miles (0.8 paved) Location: From Commercial Avenue (State Route 20 spur) follow Anacortes. Once off the ferry, turn east (right) immediately on South Location: Anacortes Street in the north to Commercial Street in the south. Interpretive Center parking lot. Pick up a trail guide at the front desk on Old Hwy 99. The park is on the east side of the road and well Location: WestMiles end is located at Lions Club Park, off State Route 20 City of Anacortes Parks and Recreation GUIDE 12th/Oakes Avenue; turn right at Ship Harbor Blvd and left on Shore Road. Follow the road for 2.7 miles (stay on South Shore as it Description: A network of 50 multi-use trails located on 2,800 acres Description: 8 to 12 foot wide walkway beginning at the Lime of the interpretive center. marked. at Anacortes Street. 360-293-1918, www.cityofanacortes.org Edwards Way. Follow Edwards Way down the hill to the cul-de-sac. curves left at fork) to a small parking area on the right. of diverse terrain in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands. The acreage Dock (Center Street intersection) running south connecting the Description: A winding stroll in the Padilla Bay upland area through Description: This is an interpretive trail. Salmon can be seen Description: A paved trail from City of Burlington Parks and Recreation includes Heart Lake, Whistle Lake, Little Cranberry Lake, and the Mt. Erie/ Description: A gravel trail into the Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve. Description: Visit Guemes Mountain Conservation Area by taking street end parks at Morris Street, Washington Avenue, Benton Street meadow and forest habitat. You will see views of Mt. Erie, Padilla spawning during the fall months. The wheelchair accessible portable Regent Street to Gardner Road 360-755-9649, www.ci.burlington.wa.us TRAIL DESCRIPTION LEGEND Four viewing platforms with educational signage will help visitors this hike through beautiful forest up to an open meadow and Sugarloaf area. The trails meander under the canopy of native vegetation, and Calhoun Street and ending at Commercial Street. The walkway Bay, and eastern San Juan Islands. The first half of the trail is paved for toilet is available year-round at this park. becomes a compacted gravel trail as understand the history of the site as well as local flora and fauna. stunning views of the San Juan Islands, Mt. Baker and the Cascade some of which lead to distant view lookouts. Detailed maps may be provides spectacular views of the Swinomish Channel and Rainbow wheelchair accessibility; the rest is composed of gravel. it travels east to District Line Road City Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation Wheelchair Accessible foothills. obtained from Anacortes City Hall or the Anacortes Visitor Information Bridge. 17 ALLEN PLAYFIELD in a tree-lined parkway between 360-336-6213, www.mountvernonwa.gov 3 GUEMES CHANNEL TRAIL Center and are also available online at www.cityofanacortes.org/acfl_ 14 PADILLA BAY SHORE TRAIL Skagit County Parks & Recreation State Route 20 and the Burlington City of Sedro-Woolley Parks and Recreation Restrooms Playground Anacortes Parks & Recreation 6 ROTARY PARK trail_maps2.php#.Vjfuy7erSig. Restrooms are available at Whistle Lake 12 PIONEER PARK TRAILS Skagit County Parks & Recreation * Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. 360-855-1661, www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us Anacortes Parks & Recreation (intersection of Trail 20 and 21) and at the Heart Lake parking lot. Town of La Conner Cypress Island Trails Picnic Area Parking Degree of difficulty: Easy ROTARY PARK (Department of Natural Resources) Degree of difficulty: Easy SHARPE PARK/MONTGOMERY Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 0.75 miles 20 Burlington Parks & 360-856-3500, http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ Length: 2 miles out and back Degree of difficulty: Easy DUBAN HEADLANDS Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate Length: 4.2 miles Location: Off Chuckanut Drive in the 9300 block. Parking is 9 Recreation Publications/eng_rms_cypress6_05.pdf Location: From Commercial Avenue (State Route 20 spur) follow Length: .25 miles Skagit County Parks & Recreation Length: 0.4 miles Location: Accessed from Bay View-Edison Road available on Chuckanut Drive and off Allen West Road just north of 12th/Oakes Avenue; turn right at Ship Harbor Blvd and left on Location: Close to the east end of 6th street take a right turn towards Location: Pioneer Park is located at the bridge crossing from La Description: An easy out-and-back trip along the Padilla Bay the Chuckanut Drive lot. Department of Natural Resources WASHINGTON PARK Edwards Way. Follow Edwards Way down the hill to the cul-de-sac. Cap Sante Marina. Conner to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. The entrance to shoreline with views of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges Description: There is no formal walking trail at this location; walkers Degree of difficulty: Easy 360-856-3500, www.dnr.wa.gov 1 “Scenic Loop Road” Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate Description: Paved trail along the Guemes Channel with views of the Description: A walk along this paved trail provides views of the park is on the south side of Pioneer Parkway. The trails may also and a biologically significant Puget Sound estuary. Padilla Bay encircle the large grass athletic field complex. This is a great off- Length: 0.5 miles Anacortes Parks & Recreation Length: About 4 miles Kukutali Preserve, Swinomish Indian Tribal San Juan Islands to the north and west. Trail extends approximately Anacortes, the San Juan Islands, and several mountain peaks of the be accessed beneath the bridge. hosts one of the largest wintering populations of peregrine falcons. street option. *Portable toilet is seasonal (April-November) and ADA Location: 851 South Section Street, Community & Washington State Parks 1-mile to the east along the shoreline. North Cascades. The trail starts at Cap Sante Marina and ends at a Location: 14692 Rosario Road, south of Anacortes. Description: Louisa Ann Conner, Limited parking is available at the southern trailhead. There is ample accessible. south of Rio Vista Avenue. www.swinomish.org/resources/environmental-pro- gazebo and picnic area. Description: A 112-acre nature preserve with almost 3,000 feet the Town’s namesake, donated parking available at the parking lot off Second Street, just north of the Degree of difficulty: Easy to moderate Description: Encircling the athletic complex, this flat, soft, wood tection/kukutali-preserve/visiting-kukutali.aspx SMILEY’S BOTTOM of high bank shoreline, an extensive freshwater beaver pond and a 12-acre Pioneer Park to the trailhead. BURLINGTON-EDISON SCHOOL Length: 2.3 mile loop 4 chip surface provides an easy walk with views of the park and TOMMY THOMPSON walking trail to a breathtaking view of the Rosario Strait, Olympic Town of La Conner. Public 18 DISTRICT REGIONAL PLAYFIELDS LaConner Town Hall and Facility Information Location: West end of Sunset Avenue (within Washington Park, near Anacortes School District residential Burlington. 7 Mountains and San Juan Islands. access and park amenities are PORT OF SKAGIT NATURE TRAILS 360-466-3125, www.townoflaconner.org Sunset Beach) Anacortes Parks & Recreation 15 Burlington-Edison School District mostly located in the southern Description: There are numerous walking and hiking trails in the PASS LAKE Port of Skagit 21 BURLINGTON DIKE TRAIL Pacific Northwest Trail Association Degree of difficulty: Easy section. Trails are mostly in the park. The most popular walking route is the paved Scenic Loop 10 Washington State Parks/Skagit County Parks & Burlington Parks & Recreation 360-854-9415, www.pnt.org Length: 1 mile Degree of difficulty: Easy northern section with vistas Degree of difficulty: Easy Road. This single lane road is closed to traffic until 10 a.m. each Port of Skagit County Location: West of Anacortes High School. Accessed at 17th Street Length: 3.3 miles Recreation of the Swinomish Channel Degree of difficulty: Easy Length: 0.75 miles morning. The road winds through forested areas with views of 360-757-0011, www.portofskagit.com parking lot or Volunteer Park off of 12th Street. Location: Q and R Avenues, between 22nd and views of farmlands and Length: 10.2 miles Location: 601 North Burlington Boulevard, north of Burlington- Rosario Strait, the San Juan Degree of difficulty: Easy Description: This former bog now holds a mixture of sports fields and 11th Streets. Mount Baker. Proximity to Location: The Port of Skagit Nature Trails travel through the Bayview Edison High School. Skagit County Parks and Recreation Islands, Puget Sound, Degree of difficulty: Moderate Length: 1.5 miles and wetland habitat. There is plenty to explore as you walk the entire Description: 12-foot wide asphalt pathway picturesque La Conner makes Business Park and around Skagit Regional Airport. Parking is available Description: This trail loops around a ball field complex, provides 360-336-9414, www.skagitcounty.net Burrows Channel, Length: 3.5 to 4.7 mile loop Location: Accessible from Skagit River Park/Playfields or at the dike basin. Head between the baseball outfield walls to get to the wild extends from 4th Street to 34th Street and it easy to combine a walk in at the Ovenell Road and Higgins Airport Way, Josh Wilson Road and a place for walking or jogging, and consists of sawdust over rock. South Sound, Fidalgo Location: Park at Pass Lake in the Deception Pass State Park area, at on the north end of the Whitmarsh soccer fields. Parking is available Skagit County Healthy Communities side. The trail follows the shore of the largest pond and then becomes continues out to March’s Point over Fidalgo the park with an extended Higgins Airport Way, or at the Port Administration Building at 15400 No animals, drugs, alcohol or smoking are permitted. Restrooms are Island and Mt. Erie. the intersection of State Route 20 and Rosario Road. Trail begins at at the park or in front of the soccer fields. There is also limited 360-814-2331, www.beactiveskagit.org a mowed pathway between deciduous forest and grassy meadows. In Bay on a former railroad trestle. The trail has stroll through town or a walk Airport Drive. available during daylight hours. The trail is not wheelchair accessible; the north side of parking lot. A Discover Pass is required to park here. parking at the boat launch, which is locked from dusk to dawn. the winter the trail gets wet below the hillside on the south end. Look a parking lot and restroom facility on 22nd to the Rainbow Bridge. Description: A gravel network of trails open to bicyclists, pedestrians however there is a ramp and paved access to the picnic area and Skagit Land Trust Description: This trail loops along and above Pass Lake including Description: This 1.5 mile stretch of scenic dike trail travels along for ducks, herons, muskrats, and red winged blackbirds. Restrooms Street, As well as parking lots at the Fidalgo and pets on leashes. It winds through forests, along roadways and playground. 360-428-7878, www.skagitlandtrust.org a portion on the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail between the Skagit River from Whitmarsh Field near the train trestle at the are available at Volunteer Park. Bay Resort and at the trail’s intersection with around wetlands. Pass Lake and Ginnett Road. It is recommended that you purchase a southern end to the Roger “Gus” Tjeerdsma Boat Launch at the north WA State Parks Information Center 30th Street. Along the trail there are benches, Deception Pass Park trail map at the Park’s visitor center or visit end. 360-755-9231, www.parks.wa.gov and a lookout point with picnic tables. www.deceptionpassfoundation.org/maps/.