Field trip: GoHike: Alumni Course
GoHike - Alumni Day Hike - Northern State Ghost Town
Winter time is a great time to explore Northern State Recreation Area, a Skagit County Park, near Sedro Woolley. Lovely meadows and wooded areas with bridge crossings of Hansen and Hilltop Creeks. There is no ghost town, but it is the old site of the Northern State Mental Hospital farm, which closed in 1973.
Contacts
- Sat, Jan 17, 2026
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 5.1
- Elevation Gain: 100 ft
- Pace: 1.5 - 2.0 mph
- 9 (9 capacity)
- Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
- Thu, Jan 8, 2026
- Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
This hike will explore Northern State Recreation Area, a Skagit County Park, near Sedro Woolley. There is no ghost town, but it is the old site of the Northern State Mental Hospital farm, which closed in 1973.
After the trip we will gather for an optional lunch at a near by restaurant (optional)
Priority registration is given to GoHike: Beginning Hiking Series graduate Alumni Course members. Graduate alumni will need to hold a GoHike Badge and have registered for the Beginning Hiking Series - Alumni Course.
If there are any unfilled spots on this trip, it will migrate out to open hike activity page. It will open up on the Wednesday before the week of the hike to general members, for Mountaineers members interested in a beginning hiking experience.
We will meet at 9:00 am location to be determined. Plan to arrive early enough to use the restroom and gear up so that we are ready to go at 9.
Required Equipment
Leader will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike that may include recommendation or requirements for equipment.