Why this ride
Out of Black Diamond, one way: 226 km, roughly 4 h 10 in the saddle. near Elk Plain is the high point. It tops out at about 1,400 m.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Chuckanut Drive and Islands · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 226 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 10
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
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. High point near Elk Plain
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Home.
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
about 130 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Home. Next is Photo stop near Sequim.
4. Photo stop near Sequim
Planning note
Photo stop near Sequim closes the day.
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 68 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 62 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 96 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.