Seattle Transit Hikers

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Seattle, WA, US

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What we’re about

This group features great hikes in the Seattle area that take advantage of our wonderful transit system to access the trails. Our meetups begin at transit stops that are easily accessible from most neighborhoods in Seattle and we will walk or ride the bus together to the trailhead from there. In most hikes, we will end at a different point from where we start and take a different bus back. This group will feature a wide variety of hikes from easy to difficult, urban to rural, and flat sidewalk to steep, rugged trail. If you want to go hiking, but don't want to drive, enjoy point-to-point hikes but want to avoid the hassles of car shuttles, or want to explore new areas of the Puget Sound transit system that you didn't even know existed, this group is for you!

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Sun, Dec 7 · 9:55 AM PST
New Link stations open! Let's go to Dash Point State Park.
Federal Way Downtown Station, 31911 23rd Ave S, Federal Way, WA, US
Three new Link stations are opening at the south end of Link line 1. The furthest south is the Federal Way Downtown station. This gives us a nice connection to Metro #187, which will take us straight to Dash Point State Park.

Dash Point Park has about 11 miles of hiking trails, and some 8 miles of bike trails. We'll see as much of the trails as we can, but the star of the Dash Point Park show is the beach, where we'll stop for lunch. After exploring the park, we’ll catch the #187 back to the station.

Dash Point Park information:

Dash Point State Park | Washington State Parks

Dash Point State Park — Washington Trails Association

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/47.31386/-122.41265

Logistics:

Bring water, lunch, snacks. Keep an eye on weather forecasts for Federal Way -- we are in wet air season now, so it's good to be prepared for sprinkles. Most of this will be on groomed trails and sandy beach.

Dogs are welcome on leash at Dash Point Park, including on the beach. I have not heard of anyone having trouble taking a dog on Link or on Metro or Sound Transit buses.

We'll meet at the Federal Way Downtown station bay #2 by 9:55am -- the #187 bus leaves from there at 9:58am. The #187 runs once an hour, so we need to be sure to be at the stop waiting for it.

There is a Link #1 train scheduled to arrive at the Federal Way Downtown station at 9:43am -- aiming for this one will allow time to figure out how to get out of the Link platform and find the bus stop. The next train arrives at 9:53am -- this may also work, if one rushes directly to the bus stop.

Here is a map of the bus bay locations -- bay #2 is on the west side of the Link platform, and a bit north.

https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/stops-stations/federal-way-downtown-station?route_tab=arrivals

If you are not coming from the Seattle area, there are lots of buses that serve the Federal Way Downtown station, and there is parking at the station -- see the above link, and go to the Parking section. There are also bike racks and lockers. Allow some extra time for finding your way around.

The event end time depends on how much exploring folks want to do.

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