Trails


Vendovi Island

Vendovi Island is owned by the San Juan Preservation Trust.  It is a 217-acre island north of Anacortes, Washington.  The island is open to the public, and visitor guidelines are on the Trust’s website.  https://goo.gl/BTf8Y2 We visited on a cloudy, rainy day in late April, finding it to be a […]


Turtleback Mountain

Turtleback Mountain has a couple of trails.  This post is about the trails accessible via the south trailhead.  The trek starts at about 120 feet elevation at the trailhead and climbs to 920 feet at Ship Peak.  It is about 1.5 miles, one way, from the parking lot. The first […]