Olympic Discovery Trail Vicinity

Many options for BikePacking, through biking and Hub and Spoke Adventures.

• There are nice urban trails for any Bike

• There are plenty of routes for Road and Gravel Bikes

• There are trails for Gravel and Mountain Bikes

• There are Mountain Bike only trails

Scouting High Adventure

There are several nice trails to explore on the peninsula.  So how do we set up an adventure?  The answer is - anyway you like.

As long as it is safe, affordable and NOT boring, it is possible.  Review options and build your own adventure. 

• Olympic Discovery Trail

  • Separate Trail into 3-4 Sections

  • Bikepacking or SAGing

    • Complete 1 section per day and camp along the way

    • Start on east or west side of Olympic Discovery Trail

  • Hub and Spoke

    • Complete 1 section per day in any order

    • Start and end on side of choosing

    • Overlap is OK as needed

• Olympic Discovery Loop

  • 7 day Loop SAG or Bikepacking

    • Port Townsend

    • Sequim

    • Lake Quinault

    • Kalaloch Beach

    • Forks

• Side Bike Trips

  • Olympic Adventure Route

    • Dirt trail OK for bikes with 35mm tires or larger

    • Through bike - Point-to-Point 

    • There-and-Back from either end

    • Can do Extended trail to Spruce Railroad Trail (Lake Crescent)

    • Extended adventure loop to north coast

  • Olympic Hot Springs Trail

    • With short hike at end

  • Cape Flattery Tribal Scenic Byway - Neah Bay

    • 18.3 miles and 1,025ft

    • Popular Bike/Drive

  • Mountain Biking

    • Several mountain bike trails if you are outfitted for these

    • Dry Hill Mountain Bike Park

    • Striped Peak Trail

    • Colville Mountain Bike Trails

    • Olympic Adventure Route

    • Foothill Mountain Bike Trails

• Side Non-Bike Trips

  • Rialto Beach

    • Bike to and lock it up to check out beach

  • Second Beach

    • Olympic National Forest - No Biking

  • Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort

  • Dungeness Spit

    • Bike there and hike

  • Port Townsend Farmers Market

  • Kayaking 

• Hike

  • Hoh Rain Forest

    • Get there BEFORE 10am

    • Hall of Mosses Trail (1-mile)

    • Trek to Five Mile Island (10.6-miles)

  • Hurricane Ridge

    • Hurricane Hill Trail (3 miles)

      • Get there BEFORE 10am

    • Obstruction Point (14.2 miles)

  • Mount Ellinor (3.2 miles)

  • Rialto Beach and Hole-in-the-Wall (4 miles)

  • Lovers Lane Loop (Sol Duc Falls 6 miles)

  • Lake Quinault Lodge Area (8 miles of trails)

  • Spruce Railroad Trail (8 miles)

  • Ozette Triangle Loop Trail (9.2-mile)

  • Dungeness Spit (11 miles)

  • High Divide Trail (18 miles)

Olympic Discovery Trail aka ODT

• 135-mile trail that stretches from Port Townsend to Port Angeles

• 40 miles of road and multi-use path

• More than half of the ODT route is on non-motorized paths

• The Olympic Discovery Trail is fully paved aside from a 7-mile stretch of gravel trail outside of Port Townsend

• Road, Touring and Gravel Bikes will do well

Olympic Adventure Trail aka OAT

• 25-mile (one-way) stretch of singletrack and doubletrack

• Dirt

• NOT a technical mountain bike trail 

  • Wide-tire gravel bike or any mountain bike is fine

  • Tires

    • Reports of 32 and 35mm tires

      • bikepacking.com/routes/olympic-adventure-route 

Cross Washington Mountain Bike Route aka XWA

Off Trail Attractions

Olympic Hot Springs Trail

• 48.0412, -123.5902

• 22 round trip - 18 easy on a bike

• alltrails.com/trail/us/washington/olympic-hot-springs-trail

• wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/olympic-hot-springs

Second Beach

• Nice beach to visit in La Push at west side of ODT

Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort

• Hot springs

• Touristy

Hoh Rainforest

• NO biking here

• Magical

Dungeness Spit

• Long skinny spit outside of Port Angeles

• You can lock bike and hike out to lighthouse

Hurricane Ridge

• Popular view point in Olympic National Parks

• Epic views and hiking trails

• Fast and dangerous ride back to Port Angles if you opt to try it

Port Townsend Farmer’s Market

• Sunday in the summer from 9am-2pm

Hikes

• Hoh Rain Forest

  • 1-mile Hall of Mosses Trail 

  • 10.6-mile round-trip trek to Five Mile Island

• Hurricane Hill Trail

  • 3 miles there and back

•  Mount Ellinor

  • 3.2 miles round trip (from the upper trailhead)

• Rialto Beach and Hole-in-the-Wall

  • 4 miles round trip

• Lovers Lane Loop (Sol Duc Falls)

  • 6 miles round trip

• Lake Quinault Lodge Area

  • 8 miles of interconnected trails

• Spruce Railroad Trail

  • 8 miles round trip

• Ozette Triangle Loop Trail

  • 9.2-mile loop

• Dungeness Spit 

  • 11 miles out and back

• High Divide Trail

  • 18 miles round trip

Other Routes

Olympic Scramble 360 Bikepacking Route

• 366 miles

• ridewithgps.com/routes/35626543?lang=en