Know Your Island Walk, 5/25/19

Join San Juan Islander Sandy Strehlou for a guided walk through Friday Harbor’s neighborhoods to look at Post-War Architecture: Considering the Ubiquitous with Fresh Eyes. The walk will go up to Geneste and Franck streets and then down the hill to Park St. Saturday, May 25, 2019, 1-4pm Meet on the deck of Tucker & […]

Know Your Island Walk, Oct 27

Meet the San Juan County Land Bank’s new Stewardship Coordinator, Erin Halcomb. Erin will lead us on the Goldenback Trail; a relatively new trail on San Juan Island within the Land Bank’s Westside Preserve. In 2016, the property was generously gifted to the Land Bank by the Reiss family, and the .5 mile trail was […]

Know Your Island Walk, Sept 22

For September’s Know Your Island walk, follow San Juan Islander Theresa Simendinger and her horse Zanzibar on a walk along her favorite trail; the Horse Trails on Mitchell Hill. She will make stops along the way and tell us about building trails for horses, how to share the trail, what it is like to take […]

Know Your Island Walk, Aug 25

The Know Your Island Walk series continues in August for a hike on Mt. Grant. Meet Doug McCutchen from the San Juan County Land Bank for a hike in the preserve and view progress on the future trail system. Saturday August 25, 1-4 pm Meet at the Mt. Grant parking area just off West Valley […]

Know Your Island Walk, July 28

Join us for July’s Know Your Island Walk with volunteer trail builder Mike Buettell. Mike will lead us on a hike in the Roche Harbor Highlands and around Briggs Lake. Saturday, July 28, 1-4pm Meet and park at the intersection of Roche Harbor Rd. and West Valley Rd. on San Juan Island. Distance: 3.5 miles […]

Know Your Island Walk, June 23

Join islander Bill Severson for one of his favorite hikes up Mt. Finlayson, which is part of American Camp in the San Juan Island National Historical Park. There is a steep section, however Bill will take a slow pace and along the way speculate on who the mountain was named after and how high they […]

Know Your Island Walk, May 26

Updated – new walk: This month we will be joining Sandy Strehlou for a historical hike on Young Hill in English Camp. This is a change from our planned hike with Theresa on Mitchell Hill- rescheduled for the Fall. Saturday, May 26, 1-4pm Meet and park at the English Camp Parking Lot Distance: about 3 […]