{"id":36179,"date":"2022-07-29T12:33:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=36179"},"modified":"2022-07-29T16:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T23:39:27","slug":"big-progress-coming-on-the-olympic-discovery-and-great-american-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2022\/07\/29\/big-progress-coming-on-the-olympic-discovery-and-great-american-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Progress Coming on the Olympic Discovery and Great American Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Washington\u2019s Olympic Discovery Trail is a key segment in the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Plans are underway to complete the \u201cWestern Gateway\u201d to the Great American, and fill gaps on the Olympic Peninsula.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>A new study shows the economic benefits of completing these long-distance bike trails<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GART-WA-segment.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36380\" width=\"523\" height=\"450\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u201chuge milestone\u201d is coming for Washington state\u2019s Olympic Discovery Trail and the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail that spans the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just a few years, people will be able to bike on a new trail from the timber town of Forks, Wash., to the oceanfront tribal community of La Push. The trail connection will provide an economic boost to the region and state by connecting the Olympic Discovery and Great American trails to the Pacific via a new \u201cWestern Gateway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Construction on the 11-mile segment of paved, multi-use trail from Forks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/g6VviNEQmwLDXBaVA\">La Push<\/a>&nbsp;should be completed within the next three years, says Jeff Bohman, president of the Peninsula Trails Coalition. Building this westernmost segment of the Great American and Olympic Discovery trails will offer people on bikes a car-free, epic start or finish to a bike ride across the Olympic Peninsula\u2013or across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCompleting the Western Gateway will be a huge milestone that connects the Great American Rail-Trail to the Pacific Ocean,\u201d Bohman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s good news for the state\u2019s economy. Long-distance bike trails not only provide healthy recreational opportunities and adventure. They are a major economic engine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railstotrails.org\/greatamericanrailtrail\/impact\/?utm_source=webinar&amp;utm_medium=email\">A recent study says<\/a>&nbsp;the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail, which is more than halfway built, will generate about $25 million in spending and 1.6 million trips within Washington state when completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe return on investment is huge,\u201d says Kevin Belanger of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit that is leading the effort to create the Great American Rail-Trail. \u201cPeople on bikes buy food and water and supplies and lodgings, and there are many towns that need economic development that would benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People from around the world, as well as the 50 million Americans who live within 50 miles of the Great American, will come to bike, walk, ride horses, and explore America\u2019s diverse landscapes when the trail is completed, Belanger says.<\/p>\n<p>The Great American crosses 12 states and will be the nation\u2019s first cross-country biking and walking trail when completed. It is more than halfway completed, with about 88 gaps to be filled, including some in Washington state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Bike Trail Across Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Washington state\u2019s longest segments of the Great American include the 289-mile Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, which travels from the Idaho border to the Puget Sound region, as well as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/olympicdiscoverytrail.org\/\">Olympic Discovery Trail<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About 92 miles of the Olympic Discovery Trail are completed along a route that will eventually be 135 miles long, Bohman says. \u201cTrail segments are being added almost every year.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Progress is also continuing on the Palouse to Cascades. In central Washington,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2022\/04\/15\/come-ride-the-newly-opened-beverly-bridge-a-key-link-in-the-palouse-to-cascades-trail\/\">the state opened the Beverly Bridge<\/a>, a key trail link over the Columbia River. The 3,000-foot bridge, which opened in April to people biking, walking, and riding horses, unites the eastern and western halves of the Palouse to Cascades, the longest rail trail in the nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GART-WA-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36409\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington Bikes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/08\/major-progress-on-washingtons-longest-bike-trail\/\">was instrumental in securing state funding to complete the Beverly Bridge<\/a>. Washington Bikes advocates in Olympia for full funding of the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program because it pays for trail projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Seattle to the Pacific<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>From the western terminus of the Palouse to Cascades trail in Cedar Falls, a variety of trails in King County enable people on bikes to pedal into Seattle. Connecting to the Olympic Discovery Trail and the Pacific is the next big challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy says it has identified a route across the Kitsap Peninsula from the Bainbridge Island town of Winslow, which is reachable by ferry from Seattle, to Hood Canal Bridge. Work on this route across the Kitsap Peninsula&#8211;named the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northkitsaptrails.org\/copy-of-regional-trails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sound to Olympics Trail<\/a>&#8211;is underway.\u00a0Currently, however, people bicycling must largely travel across the Kitsap Peninsula on roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trail planners are now \u201croute scouting and exploring connections\u201d to get from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/3xmKK6YPB34BCfYY6\">Hood Canal Bridge<\/a>&nbsp;to the Port Townsend area and the Olympic Discovery Trail, Bohman says. The Peninsula Trails Coalition has identified four potential trail routes, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Progress on the Olympic Discovery Trail<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, \u201ca truly signature piece\u201d of the Olympic Discovery Trail opened along Lake Crescent following five years of work, Bohman says. A collaboration between Clallam County and Olympic National Park, the multi-million-dollar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spruce_Railroad_Trail\">Spruce Railroad Trail&nbsp;<\/a>project included opening two abandoned railroad tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/h2Te1gv2hvbNBy387\">Jamestown S\u2019Klallam Tribe<\/a>&nbsp;is now working to complete a section of trail paralleling U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim Bay. \u201cIt has been a singletrack but the tribe is upgrading it to a paved trail with gravel shoulders,\u201d Bohman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big priority for the Peninsula Trails Coalition is closing trail gaps between Port Townsend and Sequim. From Port Townsend, people can now pedal to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/oavRRceiz5BFoyey7\">Four Corners<\/a>&nbsp;area on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/7w1NtJdvesqNh82ZA\">Larry Scott Trail.<\/a>&nbsp;But from here, bikes must travel on a dangerous stretch of SR20 to continue westward. Bohman urges people to avoid this stretch of highway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To eliminate these trail gaps, the Peninsula Trails Coalition joined Jefferson County to complete a study that has identified an 11-mile trail route from Four Corners to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/gamK9DXMN1bM4C9z9\">Discovery Bay<\/a>. The county adopted the study and hopes to fill this gap in three phases, starting with a three-mile segment that will connect Four Corners to Anderson Lake State Park, Bohman says, with construction to be completed in two to three years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/o3qQpPraGKzKHcbE7\">Anderson Lake State Park<\/a>, trail planners want to build another trail segment along a water line corridor. The third segment of trail between Four Corners and Discovery Bay \u201cstill needs more homework,\u201d&nbsp; Bohman says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurther west in Jefferson County, we are looking at an abandoned segment of the old State Highway 9 that was discontinued when Highway 101 opened between Discovery Bay and Sequim Bay,\u201d Bohman says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building trails takes time. Funding must be obtained, routes must be studied, and agreements must be reached with property owners, government entities, and tribes. \u201cIt\u2019s the hardest trail sections that get left for last,\u201d Bohman says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trails Require Partnerships<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Peninsula Trails Coalition was founded 34 years ago with a mission to build and maintain the Olympic Discovery Trail. It has helped complete 90 miles so far and hopes to have 110 miles&nbsp;in four to five years, Bohman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Peninsula Trails Coalition works with 14 separate jurisdictions\u2013from tribal, county, state, and local governments, to federal agencies including the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Park Service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur pledge to communities and the 14 jurisdictions we pass through is: \u2018We will maintain and take care of the trail if you build it.\u2019 We donate thousands of hours of volunteer work to take the load of maintenance off the shoulders of communities,\u201d Bohman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cascade and Washington Bikes are proud to be a part of the large coalition of people committed to building safe places to bike, walk, and roll across our state<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCascade and Washington Bikes salute the hard work of the Peninsula Trails Coalition to make Washington state\u2019s Olympic Peninsula one of the premier bicycling destinations in the nation,\u201d says Lee Lambert, Cascade and WA Bikes\u2019 executive director. \u201cLong-distance bike trails not only boost our economy, they improve the quality of life for all Washington residents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkidTDOrCKU&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Olympic Discovery Trail: Connecting Opportunity on the Olympic Peninsula<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington\u2019s Olympic Discovery Trail is a key segment in the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail. 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