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Chuckanut Drive and Islands · short arc

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Recorded distance
584 km
Riding-time estimate
12 h 16
Journey
One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

A 584 km one-way ride from near Black Diamond, about 12 h 16 of riding. On the way it passes Scenic stretch near Home, near Sequim and near Darrington. near Elk Plain is the high point. It tops out at about 1,400 m.

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Fuel stop near Black Diamond

    Planning note

    Chuckanut Drive and Islands is where the day begins. Next is High point near Elk Plain.

  2. 2. High point near Elk Plain

    Planning note

    You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Home.

  3. 3. Scenic stretch near Home

    Home is a small community on the Key Peninsula, a long, wooded finger of land reaching into southern Puget Sound west of Tacoma. It has one of the stranger origin stories in the Pacific Northwest: in 1896 a handful of idealists founded an anarchist colony here on the shore of Von Geldern Cove, and for a couple of decades it attracted free thinkers, writers and the suspicious attention of the authorities. The colony faded, but the name stuck.

    Read the complete Photo stop near Home write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    206 km in you reach Scenic stretch near Home. Next is Photo stop near Sequim.

  4. 4. Photo stop near Sequim

    Planning note

    Photo stop near Sequim, about halfway. Next is Food stop near Darrington.

  5. 5. Food stop near Darrington

    Planning note

    Food at 411 km, roughly 8 hours into the riding. Next is Seattle / Pacific Northwest.

  6. 6. Seattle / Pacific Northwest

    Darrington is a logging town in the north Cascades foothills, about ten kilometres from this stop, and it sits at the confluence of the Sauk and Suiattle rivers, in a valley overshadowed by the cone of Whitehorse Mountain. To the east, the snowy volcano Glacier Peak rises to 3,213 metres, the most remote of the five Washington volcanoes, and on a clear day it can be seen from the roads around town. The country is wild, wet and steep, covered in dense forest, and the rivers run milky green with glacial silt.

    Read the complete Near Darrington, on the way back write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    The route ends here after 584 km.

Leg by leg

Fuel stop near Black Diamond to High point near Elk Plain

Fuel stop near Black Diamond → High point near Elk Plain is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

High point near Elk Plain to Scenic stretch near Home

High point near Elk Plain → Scenic stretch near Home is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

Scenic stretch near Home to Photo stop near Sequim

Scenic stretch near Home → Photo stop near Sequim is 112 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.

Photo stop near Sequim to Food stop near Darrington

Photo stop near Sequim → Food stop near Darrington is 210 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.

Food stop near Darrington to Seattle / Pacific Northwest

Food stop near Darrington → Seattle / Pacific Northwest return is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.

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