Trip Report
Day Hike - Capitol Campus to Capitol Lake
A very successful outing.
Linda Keith
August 23, 2025
- Thu, Aug 21, 2025
- Day Hike - Capitol Campus to Capitol Lake
- Downtown Olympia & The Washington State Capitol
- Day Hiking & Family
- Successful
- Road suitable for all vehicles
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Note the map in the current brochure includes a visitor center that was removed years ago. I discovered it on my scouting trip so we used it as an example of what to do when your map is not up-to-date.
The kids liked navigating using the state botanical garden maps, learned about 5 native trees, one started from a seedling that went to the moon. We included activities like guessing how long the 70 foot canoe that the Indigenous people would have made from a red cedar, and then measuring it out with a tape measure to see if we were right. The length and activities were a good fit for the kids who ranged from age 3 to 7.