2004 JOURNAL

JOURNEY – 2004

Towns, Institutes, Companies and Hikes off I-5

Town	Miles from Oregon border, route	Point of interest	Route
Vancouver		Columbia Gorge
Woodland		Lewis River Valley, Mt. Adams Mt. St. Helens – south side
Longview
Centralia		Mt. Rainier	Rt. 12, 10 mi. S of Centralia
Olympia		State Capitol Evergreen State College	Signs for 101 from I-5
Olympia – Bellingham and North		Puget Sound Access
Tacoma		Tacoma Community College Tacoma Narrows Mt. Rainier Kitsap Peninsula, Bremerton, Eastern Olympic Peninsula	Rt. 410 – day hikes in White River Region, N. of Rainier Park Rt. 101
Seattle		Seattle University of Washington	NE 45 Ave. Exit from I-5
Seattle vicinity		Bellevue Redmond – Microsoft Issaquah, Issaquah Alps	I-90
South Whidbey Island	South Whidbey Island: South of Everett, take 526 to Mukilteo for Washington State Ferry	Bicycle riding The town of Langley is touristy
Everett		Boeing
Mount Vernon		Skagit County Vegetable source and, in April, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Skagit Valley Food Coop Mt. Vernon-Skagit Valley Farmers Market, Saturdays, 9-1, June-Sept
La Conner
North Whidbey Island	North Whidbey Island: Hwy 20 W. from I-5 to Fidalgo Island, take Deception Pass Bridge	Whidbey Island Naval Air Station Deception Pass State Park
Anacortes	Hwy 20 W. from I-5	San Juan Islands	Ferry from Anacortes at the North end of Fidalgo Island
(Bayview, 30 m. S of Bellingham)		North Cascades Highway 20
Bellingham		Western Washington University Fairhaven Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System Mount Baker	Rt. 11 West From I-5 Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 3 blocks from downtown Fairhaven Rt. 542 East from I-5

Hikes and other natural attractions in the Olympic Peninsula – North Access from Keystone Ferry Landing on Whidby Island to Port Townsend

The following are on 101 taken from Port Townsend going east at first

Port Angeles – access to the center of Olympic National Park via Hurricane Ridge Road; access to Hurricane Ridge trails

Elwha Hot Springs – actually Olympic Hot Springs and not concession operated: take Elwha River Road, just west of Port Angeles, then take Boulder Creek Road to the end

Sol Duc Hot Springs, closes third Sunday in October: signs 30 mi. west of Port Angeles. Admission, $10, massage, $60/hr. Day hikes

Numerous beach accesses from 101 from just S. of Hoh Reservation to just N. of Quinault Reservation at Queets River – this is the Southern 11.5 mi. stretch of the coastal section of Olympic National Park and the more accessible section

Hoh, Quinault, and Queets Rain Forests: day hikes