On a sunny Father's day, the more developed part of Blythe Park in Bothell was full of families and disc golf players. We wanted to get a little longer walk in so we explored the trails and made a 4.0 mile 660 foot gain loop with the latter part returning through the neighborhood to the south of the park, and using Gaia, finding the little trail that connects the neighborhood with the southern part of the park. Constructed partly for mountain biking, the trail that switchbacks up through the woods is very well graded and makes an easy ascent. There's a bench with a view at the top, along the Tolt Pipeline right of way, then we backtracked a little to the continuation that traverses south, past a lovely memorial to a young woman. Amazingly we saw almost no one, three other hikers altogether and no mountain bikes. The trails are well marked and well maintained and the forest is pleasant and quiet. Nice in town option for a part day walk.
On the map the blue shows our route.
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