The hiking trail at the Brightwater center is a clean and well-maintained gravel path that is suitable for hiking for everyone, including biking trips across the area. The hiking landscape is mostly dirt and grass hills surrounding the trails, which is mostly plain and empty in terms of scenery. Similar to other Washington trails, the paths at Brightwater have grass, trees, and many bushes around the gravel paths. The entrance to the trail is located at a small parking lot in front of the Brightwater center treatment plant, which is usually never full. Despite the fact that the trail's entrance is located at the offices and treatment plant of the Brightwater center, the buildings itself are not a part of the natural hiking area. The trails are not very crowded, as there were only a few groups of people on the hiking paths. The various trails split off into different trails such as the North Wetscape Loop Trail and the North Habitat Walking Trails over the course of a new miles ahead of the paths, and both lead directly from the origin at the Brightwater center.
Alongside the trail is a small pond, which occasionally will have ducks sitting it in it throughout the day. Overall, the plain natural scenery and clean gravel paths that consistently stretch for the entire length of the hiking area makes the Brightwater paths a simple walk accessible to anyone interested in exploring the nearby hiking locations. My main impressions of this trail is that it was generally a pleasantly clean hike in terms of smell and scenery, and the parking lot was ample with good maintenance, similar to the good condition of the nearby trails.
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