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Hike 3/22 and 3/23 Lummi Island - Baker Preserve
Lining up for the Whatcom Chief ferry boat at Gooseberry Point, about 20 minutes out of Bellingham.
View from the ferry across Hale Passage to Lummi. About half the island is a big hill, the other half is low elevation.
Lummi Island welcome sign
A view of Orcas Island from one of the island roads on Lummi.
At the trailhead for Baker Preserve. The Lummi Island Heritage Trust is the organization that procured the lands.
Beautiful forest trail at Baker Preserve.
There are no state or county parks on Lummi, so these nature preserves contain most of the publicly-accessible land.
The trail climbs for 1.7 miles to this viewpoint. Orcas Island (Mount Constitution) and Clark Island see beyond.
Looking toward Cypress Island (left) and Blakeley Island in the San Juans
Clark Island, home of a Washington state park, in the middle of Rosario Strait
Big group, all made it to the top. Well done, glad you had a view.
Descending the trail in Baker Preserve under the tall trees
All four of the nature preserves have nice signboards with maps and rules posted.
Plaque at Otto Preserve. Each preserve was named for the family who once owned the land.
Otto Preserve had a nice 100-acre tract of forest. We hiked a peaceful one mile loop.
Taking in the sites at the beach near the ferry landing
Whatcom Chief ferry coming in. The ferry runs hourly from 7am to midnight, every day.
Returned the next day to overcast, rainy weather
A foggy view from a resting bench
Everyone reached the top again on the second trip, but unfortunately no views for them.
Orcas Island is out there somewhere
We filled the rainy day with hikes at Curry Preserve (seen here) and Otto Preserve.
A circle of log stolls around a big cedar. A forest classroom for the island's school children?
Testing out the tree swing at Curry Preserve.
This building houses the Lummi Island Heritage Trust resource center
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