Sehome Arboretum — Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

We've walked the Sehome Arboretum to the Lookout Tower before, entering near Fairhaven College but this time we parked at the trailhead off Bill McDonald Parkway and took the Douglas Fir Trail which is a smaller dirt trail. We wanted to go through the tunnel which was carved out of sandstone in 1923 for visitors but missed the turn at the Communications Tower and ended up on Tunnel Ridge trail which exited the arboretum on Liberty St. on the north side. We walked a couple blocks east and entered the arboretum again at the Jersey St. Trail and found our way to the Observation Tower. Round trip, we logged 3 miles, but you could easily double that if you explored the many small trails in this little urban wilderness. The City of Bellingham has a nice map of the trails on their website. (Link below).

More Information on this Trip Report

• http://www.cob.org/documents/parks/parks-trails/trail-guide/sehome_hill.pdf