Connect the Parks Hike-Mt Talbot, Mt Scott, Happy Valley Stairs & More

We are going to do an in-town hike that will connect several nature parks. We will also be going up the Happy Valley Stairs, we will see some old, abandoned cars and hopefully some other interesting things.

We will meet at the Safeway located in a strip mall at SE Sunnyside Road and SE 122nd Ave. We will walk over to Mt Talbort Park and pickup a trail, we will head to the summit, then wind down the other side of the park and walk on sidewalks/side streets for a bit. We pick up some trails by Eagle Landing Golf Course, then over by Osterman Park. We then head down Otty Road and pickup the Happy Valley Stairs and head up to Idleman Road. We next pickup a trail into Mt Scott Park, there are some abandoned cars in here. Once out of the park, we head down the hill on sidewalks and pickup the Mt Scott Creek Trail down to Southern Lites Park and then continue on back to our cars.

The hike is somewhere around 8-9 miles, I plan to be hiking between 3 to 4 hours total. Once the hike is done, we can get some food for those interested. There are several restaurants in the strip mall.

Come on out for an interesting in-town hike, get some exercise and meet some new people.