Field Trip 1 - Discovery Park, Northwest Seattle
Address: 3801 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle
Meet at the park education center on the northeast side of the park.

Expect to spend 2-3 hours wandering the trails, looking at the trees, shrubs, and woodland flowers.

More information: Discovery Park

Discovery Park is a 534 acre natural area park operated by the Seattle Parks and Recreation. It is the largest city park in Seattle, and occupies most of the former Fort Lawton site.

The site is one of breathtaking majesty. Situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Discovery Park offers spectacular view of both the Cascade and the Olympic Mountain ranges. The secluded site includes two miles of protected tidal beaches as well as open meadow lands, dramatic sea cliffs, forest groves, active sand dunes, thickets and streams.

This field trip will focus on identifyinhg glacial erratics and low tide beach life at Discovery Park. We will take a leisurely approach, naming everything in our path including birds and flora. Bring binoculars, a magnifying glass, and a beach field guide if you have one.