This Weeks Hike
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Difficulty: Easy County: Skagit
Distance: 2.1 to 4.0 miles |
Northern State Recreation Area IIThis week’s trek is in the same area as last week’s — the Northern State Recreation Area.The NSRA includes hundreds of acres that were once the site of Northern State Hospital’s agriculture undertakings. There were poultry, pig and dairy farms. Hay and various fruits and vegetables were also harvested. … |
Past Hikes
Wilderness Peak
Because Wilderness Peak is part of the popular Issaquah Alps on Cougar Mountain, finding parking on summer weekends can be dicey. It’s best to do this hike on…
Two Lakes Loop
Part of the extensive Tiger Mountain trail system, this trail gets plenty of use during the summer.
Located a stone’s throw from suburbia, the masses…
Tradition Lake Loop
This trail is part of the extensive Tiger Mountain trail system. It gets plenty of use during the summer.
The trail is a stone’s throw from suburbia,…
Jetty Island
Jetty Island is a two-mile long, man-made island with rare sandy beaches and shallow warm water. It’s a popular destination for kite-boarders and families. The…
Juanita Bay Park
This trek is definitely family friendly. The entire route is upon either boardwalk or pavement.
Juanita Bay Park is a 144-acre urban wildlife habitat…
Greenbank Farm
There is a lot of history in the fields and buildings throughout the Greenbank area.
In the early 1900s, the Calvin Philips family began experimenting…
Snoqualmie Falls
If you really want to see the falls in all their glory, schedule the hike for a rainy day, just after a major rainfall, or like now, when snow-melt is making its…
Pass Lake
The loop portion of this trail was completed in June. The loop is about 21⁄2 miles. One can add about three miles by hiking to the end of a portion of the original…
Lime Kiln Trail
Hiking this trail is akin to hiking through a history book. Each step turns another page.
If you are going to go, now is the time. It won’t be long…
Hoypus Hill
Don’t worry about the barking dogs at the house near the trailhead. Their bark is worse than their bite. After making it past the dogs, hit the trail. One can…
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