olympic discovery trail
Step out of the car The Olympic Discovery Trail offers residents and visitors to Clallam and Jefferson counties a safe, accessible and peaceful place to cycle, hike, jog or walk the dog — and in some places even to ride a horse. Double-deck Elwha River Bridge
It’s a wonderful work in progress. When completed, the Olympic Discovery Trail will run more than 100 miles across some of the North Olympic Peninsula’s finest scenery from Port Townsend in the east out west to the Pacific Coast. The trail is a nonmotorized route, open to hikers and bicyclists and also equestrians on county-administered portions of the trail. It follows portions of the now defunct Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Currently, it can be enjoyed in pieces, with about 30 miles of the trail complete and another 30 miles under construction, including parts of the unpaved “Adventure Route” west of Port Angeles that connects with the Spruce Railroad Trail at Lake Crescent. A recent piece of construction that makes up part of the trail is
the double-deck Elwha River Bridge, where the trail runs underneath the roadbed on a 14-footwide pedestrian deck, keeping hikers, horses and cyclists away from traffic while offering spectacular views of one of the Peninsula’s most scenic rivers. In Port Angeles, the Olympic Discovery Trail is hooked up with the Waterfront Trail, a popular running and bike-riding route that runs from the Coast Guard Station on Ediz Hook to the former Rayonier mill site east of City Pier. From the Rayonier site, the trail continues east toward Sequim Avenue, incorporating Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. Near Port Townsend, the trail incorporates the Larry Scott Memorial Trail. For more information, click on www.olympicdiscoverytrail.com. n
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