Best Winter Walks and Hikes: Puget SoundThe Mountaineers Books, 2002 - 252 pages Don't let winter weather keep you indoors! Best Winter Walks & Hikes Puget Sound, 2nd Ed. offers typically snow-free trails for winter walks and hikes. From urban parks in Seattle and the eastside communities to the foothills and lowlands of the Nisqually River, from the Issaquah Alps to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas - there are outdoor experiences waiting for you wherever you go.The guidebook also includes trips to the north Puget Sound area, including the boulders of Devil's Garden, and beautiful Chuckanut Mountain, as well as trails in the spectacular Mima Mounds and Black Hills Crest areas of South Puget Sound. |
Contents
SEATTLE | 33 |
OLMSTED WAY | 36 |
SEWARD PARK | 37 |
WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM | 38 |
FOSTERS ISLANDWATERFRONT TRAILMONTLAKE BRIDGE | 39 |
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS | 40 |
RAVENNA PARK | 42 |
WOODLAND PARK | 44 |
WEST TIGER RAILROAD | 127 |
NORTH END | 131 |
TRADITION PLATEAU NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AREA | 134 |
GENE COULON MEMORIAL BEACH PARK | 144 |
CEDAR RIVER TRIAL | 145 |
ECHO MOUNTAIN LAKE DESIRESPRING LAKE REGIONAL WILDLAND PARK | 149 |
GREEN RIVER | 153 |
BLACK RIVER | 157 |
BURKEGILMAN ONCE AND FUTURE TRIAL | 46 |
GOLDEN GARDENS PARK TO GASWORKS PARK | 48 |
GASWORKS PARK TO MATTHEWS BEACH PARK | 50 |
MATTHEWS BEACH PARK TO BLYTH PARK | 52 |
SAND POINT WARREN G MAGNUSON PARK | 53 |
OVERLAKE | 57 |
OVERLAKE | 59 |
LUTHER BURBANK PARK | 60 |
MERCER SLOUGH NATURE PARK | 61 |
LAKETOLAKE GREENWAY TRIAL | 64 |
WILBURTON HILL PARK | 65 |
KELSEY CREEK PARK | 66 |
LAKE HILLS GREENBELT PARK | 67 |
WEOWNA PARK | 69 |
KIRKLAND WATERSHED PARK | 71 |
KIRKLAND WATERFRONT | 73 |
JUANITA BAY PARK | 75 |
ST EDWARDS STATE PARK | 76 |
REDMOND WATERSHED PARK | 78 |
TOLT PIPLE | 80 |
SAMMAMISH RIVER ONCE AND FUTURE TRIAL | 82 |
LAKE SAMMAMISH TRIAL | 86 |
ISSAQUAH ALPS | 89 |
COUGAR MOUNTAIN REGIONAL WILDLAND PARK | 92 |
COAL CREEK TOWNSITE | 94 |
RED TOWN BALLFIELD MEADOW PROJECT | 97 |
SEATTLE WALLA WALLA RAILROAD | 98 |
COAL CREEK FALLS | 101 |
DE LEO WALL | 103 |
ANTIAIRCRAFT PEAK TO CLAY PIT PEAK | 105 |
WILDERNESS PEAK VIA SHY BEAR PASS | 107 |
SQUAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK | 109 |
BUSTOSQUAK TRAIL | 111 |
CENTRAL PEAKNORTHEAST FACE LOOP | 113 |
THE WORKING FOREST | 115 |
SOUTH END | 119 |
EAST TIGER MOUNTAIN VIA SILENT SWAMP | 121 |
NORTHWEST TIMBER TRIAL | 123 |
WEST TIGER MOUNTAIN NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION AREA | 124 |
WEST TIGER 3 | 125 |
RIVER OF GREEN | 160 |
GREEN RIVER GORGE | 163 |
FLAMING GEYSER STATE PARK | 164 |
KUMMER BLACK DIAMOND BRIDGE | 167 |
GREEN RIVER GORGE RESORT | 168 |
BLACK DIAMOND MUSEUM | 171 |
KANASKATPALMER | 173 |
MOUNT McDONALD | 174 |
SOOS CREEK GARY GRANT PARK | 176 |
WHITE RIVER | 179 |
WHITE RIVER | 180 |
GAME FARM WILDERNESS PARK | 181 |
MOUNT PETE | 183 |
THREE SISTERS | 185 |
GRASS MOUNTAIN | 188 |
FEDERATION FOREST STATE PARK | 191 |
PUYALLUP RIVER | 195 |
WEST HYLEBOS STATE PARK | 197 |
SWAN CREEK CANYON PARK | 198 |
SNAKE LAKE NATURE CENTER | 200 |
TACOMATOTAHOMA TRAIL THAT COULD BE | 202 |
PORT OF TACOMA | 203 |
FOOTHILLS TRAIL | 206 |
CARBON RIVER PARKWAY TRAIL THAT COULD BE | 207 |
NISQUALLY RIVER | 213 |
NORTHWEST TREK WILDLIFE PARK | 215 |
PACK FOREST | 217 |
HUGO PEAK | 220 |
1000 LOOP | 221 |
THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER | 227 |
MIMA MOUNDS NATURAL AREA | 229 |
BLACK HILLS CREST | 232 |
THE WESTERN SKYLINE | 237 |
THE WESTERN SKYLINE | 239 |
MOUNT WALKER | 241 |
MOUNT ZION | 243 |
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