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    Stephenson Canyon

    4.0 (2 reviews)

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    Anderson Landing Preserve

    Anderson Landing Preserve

    4.8(4 reviews)
    7.9 mi

    Minimal parking. A couple gorgeous viewpoints and beach access. Switchbacks and a few steep hills…read moremay be tough for those that have physical challenges. Paths are not well marked but we took a picture of the map ahead of time to help when we were unsure. Many fellow hikers brought furry friends on leashes with them. Definitely worth the trip for the views, trees, water and beach.

    Beautiful scenery, fairly easy hike. Surrounded completely by forest, and greenery, even though…read morethere's a community of homes on the other side, you can't even tell. The forest really keeps the sun out, dress in layers. There are breathtaking viewpoints and benches along the way to sit and rest, or just be one with nature. One viewpoint from the trail overlooking the water is not secured, and the edge is steep so be careful when taking photos/especially selfies, by not getting too close to the edge, one can easily slip/fall. The trail goes up then presumably down, but we didn't go all the way down to the beach, as we didn't know where the rest of the trail was leading until after we hiked back to our car...maybe next time. Otherwise, get in touch with nature with this hidden find! ***This lot/trailhead is quite secluded... Please be aware of your surroundings. We were visiting from out of state so are usually hyper-aware when visiting new places. I will note that upon getting back to our car, there was a suspicious car in the parking area, people probably up to no good, (there are warning signs on the map signs that these places are drug free zones) because the occupants of the car didn't get out, they began laughing hysterically when they realized we arrived, acknowledged us and then quickly left the lot.***

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    Anderson Landing Preserve - Beach access

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    Grand Forest - Our dog loves this hike!

    Grand Forest

    4.3(20 reviews)
    6.0 mi

    Two enclaves of land preserved from suburban encroachment, which has not spared Bainbridge Island,…read moreare the East and West Grand Forest. Here, trees have grown back from the violent hacking and destruction of ancient groves during the 1870s-1890s Euro-colonizer "frontier" evisceration of life. The island was razed entirely. Not a tree left standing, nor the life they sustained, that emerged from millions of years of earthly intelligence unique to this place, with thousands of years of stewardship by indigenous cultural groups. A mere hundred years ago, Euro-colonizers cared more about production lumber than the glorious trees of the Pacific Northwest and the life they held in balance. Today in the same vein, fortressed mega- mansions of the new rich warn anyone off with "private property" signs around this patch where trees are left standing, ironically referred to as "The Grand Forest." A more apt moniker would be "Hint of what was once a Grand Forest." Still the average public, now confined to the suburban and urban rectilinear hard-surface prison existence would appreciate the respite of being inside the green bower. If you are attuned to communities of trees you will perhaps note that this forest doesn't have "death", or large fallen logs that feed the cycle of life and regenerate other trees with their nutrition. You'll see just a crowded jumble of trees that have regrown having not selected amongst themselves how to thin their shared canopy, allow the light in to nurture other trees, and to fully support an integrated life system. Indeed this forest is metaphorically on life-support itself and even so, it sustains the evapotranspiration that helps keep Bainbridge Island cool while nearby concrete capitalist metropolises bake and swelter. The forest helps retains moisture during the winter which recharges groundwater aquifers that are being sucked dry at a much more rapid rate by all the sad suburban cookie cutter edifices with their sprawling Bermuda Grass lawns. As you walk along the nicely laid out paths, I wish you only the best reveries of a kind, gracious form of life that sustained myriad other life in all directions, which is what the forest will be saying to you. Cross over from the West- to the East-enclave and find the old barn of a rich lady (Prue) who donated her family's property to create a connecting corridor between the two sections. Never mind the busy recreation-chasing groups of mountain bikers and sometimes horse riders. This is a place to reconnect your soul to the signals of the life force that brought you to be, notwithstanding your current capitalist industrial trappings. Viva el bosque.

    We started at the Grand Forest West loop and connected halfway to the Hilltop Trail to the…read morebeginning of the Grand Forest East loop. There were parking areas at both loops, but we took an Uber, so we didn't loop back. The West loop goes along the road on one side, so we could hear cars. There are tall trees and fairly dense vegetation, pretty flat and we saw a few bikers. When we started going across to the Hilltop Trail, it was a bit steep, but we got away from the road and it's a bit more serene. There was a pond on the map, but it was a bit underwhelming. A pretty easy hike for a nice stroll, but a pretty boring hike otherwise.

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