Olympic Discovery Trail

Dungeness River to Sequim Bay

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Mileage log:

Posted mileages are east from Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. Description here is from east to west .

Note: as of Winter 2007/8 the trail is not open south of Whitefeather Way. See Sequim Bay to Blyn page for detour.

22.8 Whitefeather Way. Just north is the Johnson Creek Trestle, which crosses 86 feet above the creek. This was restored for trail use by volunteers in 2002. Look closely at the painting on the panels on the south side of the bridge - it includes names of the volunteers and some amusing details. From here the trail rises and falls for 1 1/2 miles as it parallels E. Washington Street.

21.3 Trail turns north and runs alongside N. Rhoderfer Rd. until entering Carrie Blake Park. The trail winds through the park before exiting at Blake St.

20.2 Blake Street. Continue straight ahead on Fir St. This is a temporary route on the roadway.

19.4 Sequim Avenue. This is the closest point to downtown Sequim - turn south for restaurants and the Clallam/Jefferson County transit center for buses east and west. The trail continues north on bike lanes along Sequim Avenue then turns west and follows Hendrickson Road.

17.8 Trail turns south alongside Priest Road for a short distance before turning west again through pasture land.

16.9 Dungeness River, Railroad Bridge Park. The park is owned by the Jamestown S'Clallam and managed jointly with the local and national Audubon Society Chapters and the River Center Foundation. The Dungeness River Audubon Center is located here. This trail crosses the river on the a wooden Howe Truss railroad bridge which was built in 1915 and is on the National Historic Register. It was converted by Peninsula Trail Coalition volunteers for ODT use in 1992. More about the bridge and park can be found at www.dungenessrivercenter.org . Parking here is accessed from the east via Hendrickson Road.