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Field Trip - Geology in your own backyard - Squaxin Park

Field trip: Geology In Your Own Backyard

Field Trip - Geology in your own backyard - Squaxin Park

This walk will be during low tide so that we can hike on the beach and reach a shoreline outcrop of some local geology in progress that dates back to the most recent ice age.

Contacts

Margaret Hunt
Margaret Hunt
Primary Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
  • Mileage: 2.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 350 ft

Meet time 9:15 am  at Rose Garden Shelter.  (for a 9:30 start time)

NOTE:  This was previously scheduled to begin at 8:30 am.   Lara Linde has added a 2nd walk to accommodate the number of people on the waitlist.  The new hike starts at 7:30 am, so this hike has been rescheduled to begin at 9:30am.

 

Route/Place

Squaxin Park

Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Hiking boots and poles are encouraged because the gravel along the shore can be very slippery when wet.

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