South Whidbey State Park — Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2019

I hiked the Wilbert trail and the south forest discovery trail loop yesterday~I visited the 500-year-old cedar. The trail was a bit muddy in some places, but otherwise an easy and beautiful hike. The beach trail is closed until further notice. The park contains western red cedar, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and western hemlock, some of the largest on Whidbey Island. 

See here for a map to print before you go--https://www.islandcountywa.gov/PublicWorks/Parks/Documents/SWSP.pdf

South Forest Discovery Trail Loop is off of the parking area, as you enter the park. It's not always obvious it's a trailhead, so look for the bathroom on the right in the big meadow by the parking area, then look straight ahead to the woods and you will see the sign for the trail. Go straight ahead to do the Southern Loop. The maps are a bit confusing, and the "northern loop" isn't marked. You will pass a sign by a trail that hooks to the right not long after that says "Picnic Area". That is the northern loop. Take it on the way back for a bonus hike