Hiking Bucket List 2012

Well, here goes my hiking aspirations for the coming year! In no particular order. :-) Please comment if you have suggestions, reviews or corrections.


Meadowdale Beach Park


Roundtrip: 2.5 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Drive time (from North Everett): 30 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Mercer Slough Nature Park  - More here


Roundtrip: 6 miles of trails
Difficulty: Easy
Drive time (from N. Everett): 40 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Wallace Falls State Park - WTA link -done


Roundtrip: 5.5 miles
Difficulty: moderate to difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 45 minutes
Parking Pass required: Discover Pass


Bridal Veil Falls 


Roundtrip: 5 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 50 minutes
Parking Pass required:  Recreation Pass required


Iron Goat Trail 


Roundtrip: Variable - up to 10+ miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 20 minutes approx to Iron Goat Trail Interpretive Site Trailhead
Parking Pass required: Recreation Pass required


Big Gulch Trail - Yelp trip report -done


Roundtrip: 2 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 15 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Japanese Gulch Trail - Maps - more info -done


Roundtrip: 14 miles of trails total
Difficulty:easy - difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett):15-20 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Lake Twenty-Two


Roundtrip: 4-5 miles roundtrip
Difficulty: moderate - steep
Drive time (from N. Everett): one hour approx.
Parking Pass required: Recreation Pass required


Ashland Lakes



Roundtrip: 5.5 miles
Difficulty: easy terrain - longer distance though
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 15 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Bob Heirman Wildlife Preserve


Roundtrip: 3 miles
Difficulty: easy
Drive time (from N. Everett): 25 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Rockport State Park 


Roundtrip: 3 miles
Difficulty: Easy - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 25 minutes
Parking pass required: Discover Pass


Sauk Mountain


Roundtrip: 4.2 miles
Difficulty: moderate - difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 50 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Cougar Mountain - Past hike there


Roundtrip: Varied - 36 miles of trails
Difficulty: easy - difficult
Drive time: (from N. Everett): 55 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Brightwater Center -done


Roundtrip: 3 miles of trails
Difficulty: easy  - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 30 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Rasar State Park


Roundtrip: 3.7 miles
Difficulty: easy - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 15 minutes
Parking pass required:  Discover Pass


Paradise Valley Conservation Area


Roundtrip: varies - 13 miles of trails
Difficulty: easy - difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 35 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Lime Kiln Trail -done


Roundtrip: 7 miles
Difficulty: moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 35 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Canyon Lake Trail


Roundtrip: 6 miles 
Difficulty: moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 15 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Pinnacle Lake Trail


Roundtrip: 3.8 miles
Difficulty: Difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 20 minutes
Parking pass required:  Recreation Pass required


Carkeek Park


Roundtrip: 6 miles
Difficulty: easy - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 35 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Franklin Falls


Roundtrip: 2 miles
Difficulty: easy
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 25 minutes
Parking Pass required: Recreation Pass required

Twin Falls

Roundtrip: 3 miles
Difficulty: easy - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour and 10 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Boulder River


Roundtrip: 2.5 to 8.6 miles
Difficulty: easy to moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 10 minutes
Parking Pass required: No


Talapus Lake Trail


Roundtrip: 4 miles
Difficulty: Difficult - steep
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1hour 20 minutes approx.
Parking pass required: Recreation Pass required


Little Mountain Park - Mt. Vernon - WTA link


Roundtrip: 4 miles of trails in total
Difficulty - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 45 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Little Cranberry Lake


Roundtrip: miles of trails
Difficulty: easy - moderate
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 5 minutes
Parking pass required: No


Whistle Lake - more info


Roundtrip: miles of trails
Difficulty: easy - difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour 
Parking pass required: No


Heart Lake


Roundtrip: miles of trails
Difficulty: easy-difficult
Drive time (from N. Everett): 1 hour
Parking pass required: no