We hiked here on a beautiful, mild winter day that also happened to be New Years Day. Before our hike, we had stopped for coffee and breakfast at the Cedar & Salt Coffee House in Coupeville, which was about the only place open on the island on New Years Day. They make a great breakfast burrito.
We hiked the Bluff Trail all the way to the group camp (closed). The views from the Bluff Trail are amazing. From the group camp, we picked up the Cedar Hollow Trail and then the Kettles Trail, all through quiet woods. We found the water tower and then followed the road back to the parking lot. We did a side hike to Lake Pondilla. We dropped down and explored the beach. Altogether we hiked 5 miles. There's a great variety of terrain: bluff, forest, and beach, plus a beautiful little lake.
The geology here is amazing with the kettles and the bluffs marking the advance and retreat of the ice sheet.
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