HIKE AT HOME! 2 virtual hikes with West Duwamish Greenbelt Trails

June 20, 2020 7:02 am

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(File photo: Lost Pond in the West Duwamish Greenbelt)

Here’s a fun way to start the weekend – virtual hikes with West Duwamish Greenbelt Trails. The group is offering two to start with, in place of the guided hikes they offered on Saturdays pre-pandemic:

Join Ken Workman, great-great-great-great grandson of Chief Seattle, as he walks native land, leaving from the trailhead at SW Dawson and 19th Avenue SW. And follow Steve Richmond, an expert on native plants and forest restoration, as he identifies native and invasive plants from the 14th Avenue SW and SW Holly trailhead.

More virtual hikes will follow soon!

As WDGT notes, the “greenbelt” is actually Seattle’s “largest remaining contiguous forest.”

4 Replies to "HIKE AT HOME! 2 virtual hikes with West Duwamish Greenbelt Trails"

Laurie June 20, 2020 (9:46 am)

Where does the trail starting at 19th and Dawson end? Is it a loop? Thx
- Craig June 20, 2020 (4:46 pm)
  
  I’ll paste an older Parks map that shows the possible loop starting at 19th and Dawson then returns to the arterial below power lines. Sometimes it’s possible to follow the power line trail to West Marginal but the line to the east is often a battle with blackberries and not currently being maintained by the Parks dept.) The loop hike follows southern bank of Puget Creek then heads south to a trail below power lines. The trail along the creek follows a reasonable grade, is shaded, and has an abundance of native plants. In January the Duwamish Tribe received funding for a trails feasibility study relating to trails that would potentially connect neighborhood destinations including the Duwamish Longhouse. Details to the Ridge to River Grant can be found here https://www.facebook.com/DuwamishCulturalCenter/While there are existing “social” trails(not official Parks trails) that branch off of the Puget Creek trail, there are a host of challenges such as steep slopes, deposits of cement kiln dust, and others that WDGT and the Duwamish hope to work through to make safe trails connections between Puget Park, Pigeon Point Park, SSC/Riverview and the Duwamish Longhouse.
Matt Wittman June 20, 2020 (6:39 pm)

Thank you for this!www.duwamishcrossing.net
Tuesday June 21, 2020 (1:18 am)

Really enjoyed watching these, thank you for creating them!

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