THREE HIKING SISTERS, we love to hike together, but we don't all live in the same state. Sometimes it is only two of us, and sometimes we hike with others. This is a record of some of our hikes.
Showing posts with label Guillemot Cove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guillemot Cove. Show all posts
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Guillemot Cove
We drove out to the west side of Hood Canal, south of Seabeck to hike down to Guilllemot Cove and back. We starated at the parking area on Northwest Stavis Bay Road, hiking down through the forest, acorss the wetlands on a boardwalk, then the short distance to the beach. This was about 1 mile. After enjoying our lunch with the beautiful views, we walked along the beach, up to where Boyce Creek enters Hood Canal (a very short distance) then down along the beach entering a short section of the Stavis Natural Resources Conservation Area. Overall hike of 2.6 miles with 350 ft of loss/gain.
Lovely trail down through the forest with only a few blowdown trees to step over.
The boardwalk over the wetlands and Boyce Creek, then view across the wetlands towards Hood Canal and a distant the Brothers
Wide angle view at Guillemot Cove and some views along the beach
zoom of Mt Washinton and Mt Pershing
zoom of the Brothers
zoom of Mt Jupiter
some of the fungi we saw along the trail today:
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Guillemot Cove
We went to the Guillemot Cove Nature Reserve south of Seabeck on the east side of Hood Canal to hike this morning. We took the Sawmill Trail down to the meadow, went over the new bridge and then did both the Stump House Trail and the Beach House Trail. We were planning to take the Ridge Trail to complete a loop near the bridge, but signs warned of very aggressive bees along that trail so we returned the way we came. Overall our hike was 3 miles round trip with about 375 ft of gain on the way back. It was a very quiet hike, we only saw two other hikers. Enjoying the lovely forest.
Kids always find fun ways to enjoy the trail!
Forest opening up to the meadow
View to Hood Canal to the west as we headed to the new bridge.
Stump House
Stump House
Large stump and tree across from the stump house
Branches to swing on at a short trail spur
Small tree to climb on the side of the trail
View on the beach
The tide was up, so we hiked a short ways to the south, found a comfortable log for our lunch break and returned to the trail.
We saw a woodpecker (zoom) on our hike back. Dead nettles were the only wildflowers we saw in bloom today.
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