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Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve — Sunday, Jun. 8, 2014

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area
Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve sign on Lake Louise Rd. Photo credit by nwspirit.
Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve is now part of Whatcom County Park system. Dogs and non-motorized bikes welcome. Open sunrise to sunset. Several hiking options in the preserve. A 2.2-mile loop with a 1-mile viewpoint add-on, a quick waterfall trail, and lower loop trail. Also, you can head up and up to Lookout Mountain on a good 8+-mile service road. Buttercups, bleeding hearts and Queen Anne's lace blooming. Trails in good condition. Nice parking area and toilets. Good signage in parking lot. Take a picture of the maps before heading up. Enjoy this new park in the Bellingham (Sudden Valley) area located on Lake Louise Road across from Sudden Valley Gate 9.
Preserve map in gravel parking lot. Photo credit by nwspirit.
Lookout Loop trail. Photo credit by nwspirit.
Lake Whatcom and Mount Baker viewpoint trail. Photo credit by nwspirit.
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