Puget Sound is the region in Washington between the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. The region is named for the large body of saltwater with tentacles of inlets and channels reaching from the Pacific Ocean south for more than 80 miles. Seattle is the largest city in Puget Sound and in the Pacific Northwest. The east side of Puget Sound is a metropolitan complex of cities with a population of more than a million. Tacoma and Everett, and the Washington State Capital, Olympia, are also on the shores of Puget Sound.
Trails
Summary
Difficulty
Distance
Pretzel Tree Trail
Follow Field Mouse on a quick educational hike located on Squak Mountain.
Follow Field Mouse on a quick educational hike located on Squak Mountain.
Easy
0.3 mi
0.5 km
0.5 km
Primrose Trail
Part of the Coal Creek Park trail system, this trail will take you along a creek with a few small waterfalls.
Part of the Coal Creek Park trail system, this trail will take you along a creek with a few small waterfalls.
Easy
0.8 mi
1.3 km
1.3 km
Washington Park Walking Tour
Miscellaneous points of interest walking the neighborhood. Great views.
Miscellaneous points of interest walking the neighborhood. Great views.
Easy
2.7 mi
4.3 km
4.3 km
Green Lake Park
One of Seattle’s most beloved parks. This hike loops around Green Lake.
One of Seattle’s most beloved parks. This hike loops around Green Lake.
Easy
2.8 mi
4.5 km
4.5 km
Coal Creek Trail
A short hike through the woods while exploring the area's coal mining history.
A short hike through the woods while exploring the area's coal mining history.
Easy
2.8 mi
4.5 km
4.5 km
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Check out the recently opened mile long boardwalk over the Nisqually River estuary
Check out the recently opened mile long boardwalk over the Nisqually River estuary
Easy
4.1 mi
6.6 km
6.6 km
Lime Kiln Trail - Robe Canyon Historic Park
Snohomish County Park, Granite Falls, Washington
Snohomish County Park, Granite Falls, Washington
Easy
7.2 mi
11.6 km
11.6 km
Squak Mountain Connector Trail
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Moderate
0.7 mi
1.1 km
1.1 km
Poo-Poo Point via Chirico Trail
Popular site for hiking, paragliding and hang gliding
Popular site for hiking, paragliding and hang gliding
Moderate
4.7 mi
7.6 km
7.6 km
Dungeness Spit
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge provides a great place to check out waterfowl and seabirds on the coast.
Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge provides a great place to check out waterfowl and seabirds on the coast.
11.7 mi
18.8 km
18.8 km
Guides
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Nature hike with multiple Coal Creek crossings.
A short hike through the woods while exploring the area's coal mining history.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Follow Field Mouse on a quick educational hike located on Squak Mountain.
Look closely to discover pieces from the areas coal mining history along these three trails.
Part of the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park.
Part of the Coal Creek Park trail system, this trail will take you along a creek with a few small waterfalls.
Community Trips
A little flight before the Pineapple express hits the area. Merry Christmas everyone.My first attempt at sky writing. Plotted out way points on the GPS at major points of the letters and flew around them. Experimental Aviation Association (EAA.org) wrote about this trip. Click here. to read article.
My fraternity brother Charles took a weekend trip to Seattle. He and I went on a fantastic beautiful day-hike to Marmot Pass in the Olympic National Forest.
Started at Marymoor Park, rode north along the Sammamish River Trail, then continued along the Burke-Gilman Trail to Kenmore. Came south down Juanita Drive into Kirkland (climbing Big Finn Hill - aptly named!), continued along Market and Lake Streets with nice views of Juanita Bay and Lake Washington, and finished the route along the SR-520 Trail (with nice views of the highway...) back up to Marymoor Park. Although it was the 4th...
Just a short day hike up Gold Mountain with some friends. Our trip took +/- 4 hours and we went around 6.3 miles. Awesome views to the West of Olympic Mountains and the Puget Sound.
Started down Bus Trail, then down High School Trail and back up it. Crossed over to Adventure Trail, then back to the car on Powerline Trail.
My favorite loop run in West Seattle, plenty of nature to take your mind off your lungs.
This takes you down the heavily wooded Sequalitchew Creek Canyon trail, a former narrow gauge railroad grade that was used to transport dynamite to a wharf on Puget Sound; you hear the babbling creek on your way, if you are lucky you may see ravens, owls, or a blue heron. Once you get to Puget Sound take the beach, “at a minus tide” to the jetty & at the end of the jetty...
In the interview with EAA Editors (see: http://www.eaa.org/ehotline/issues/101217.html), I mentioned doing some drawings too. Here is my first attempt on a very windy day. Harder to do the drawing with wind and turbulence. I wanted to add a lot of curls to Santa's beard, but wasn't comfortable for passenger. I got some more ideas I want to sketch.
Memorial Day Camping trip with the South Sound Area Kayakers. We shared the island with a million other people including 30 fairly well-behaved sea scouts.
There is acutally three trips here. 2.2 miles out to the island from Southworth, 4.4 around the island later that day, and 4.2 on the way home. Good luck seeing any of that in the track since they overlap quite a bit.
Finally, the Big Red Weather Switch has been pulled in the Pacific Northwest and summer has returned. As if on cue, on July 5th our 10-day forecast magically switched from incessant clouds and rain to incessant sun. But I'm ok with that.
This ride traces a 60-mile loop around the shoreline of Lake Washington. It follows a mix of trails and city streets, and keeps to mostly residential but still very scenic areas....
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