The Olympic Discovery Trail from Downtown Port Angeles (MP 0) to Morse Creek (MP 5) is very beautiful but rough for real skinny tires. The Trail becomes gravel at MP 2. 700x28 and above it's OK, skinnier than that is squirrelly. To skip those 4 miles, use highway 101 to 5 miles east of Port Angeles. You can cross the highway and get on the trail to follow a hard chip seal paved surface 16 miles to Sequim. A one mile temporary detour on Old Olympic Highway is signed. Some roadies say it's great, some feel it's too bumpy. It is not designed as a speed route as there are sharp corners and one very notable dip across a stream on a covered bridge. It is quiet and lovely while Highway 101 is noisy, ugly and obnoxious. The maps and section narratives at olympicdiscoverytrail.com are very accurate. Take the time to enjoy the trail through to just east of Sequim at Johnson Creek Trestle. It's awesome. Then tolerate the highway eastward as the trail ends. The trail and bicycling in the Dungeness Valley are worth much more of your time than Port Angeles in all honesty. There's some reasonable lodging available in Sequim and a State Park campground with cheap sites for bicyclists just east of Sequim. Have fun.

Going East on the Trail from Railroad Avenue, where the ferry docks are located in downtown Port Angeles, this paved and wheelchair accessible portion of the trail passes the Visitor Center, the Landing Mall, the Arthur Fiero Marine Life Center and then follows along the waterfront between Hollywood Beach and the Red Lion Hotel to the Old Rayonier Site and the Ennis Street parking lot, where there is through access during daylight hours only.

At some time in the future, the Trail will continue on West through Port Angeles, across the Elwha River, along the North shore of Lake Crescent and through Olympic National Forest lands all the way to LaPush on the Pacific Ocean. Portions of this Trail are being built each year and will be fully linked in the next ten years. This website will be kept updated to reflect the status of the Trail at any time.

The Trail is open at the old Rayonier Mill site during daylight hours only and trail visitors can park in the Old Rayonier Mill site parking lot (accessed from Hwy 101 via Ennis Street going North) and access the Trail going either east or west.

Going East, the Trail extends beyond the Old Rayonier Mill site right along the water until it turns inland, then crossing Morse Creek via a beautifully restored railroad bridge trestle. There is parking here at Morse Creek and a little further east (and up) at Deer Park Gateway.

Going East from here, the Trail passes briefly between Hwy 101 and the Gun Club. The Trail then passes over Bagley creek via a lovely little covered bridge and then zigs and zags a bit through the new-growth Fairview area. Simply follow the yellow Trail poles to keep on the right track until it gets to Siebert Creek. This section of the Trail is paved all the way with an equestrian path along the side.

Going East from here, bike back to the Old Olympic Highway and follow it just briefly (going East and crossing the Highway where indicated) to the point where the Trail intersects with the Highway on the South (mountain view) side. The trail then parallells the Old Olympic Highway on the south side to Spring Road. Take a right onto Spring Road for about a half mile and then turn a left onto the designated Trail. The Trail turns into Abbott Road and exits onto Barr Road. Take a left (go North) onto Barr and then take a right onto the Old Olympic Highway (temporary route) to Vautier. Take a right (go South) onto Vautier and a right onto Pinnell and then enter Robin Hill Park where the Trail picks up again going East to Railroad Bridge Park.

Going East, follow the yellow trail posts as the Trail jogs its way across Kitchen Dick Road, along the Sequim Valley Airport, across Carlsborg Road, along Carlsborg Industrial Park, and through farm land to Railroad Bridge Park.

There are bathrooms, a sheltered picnic area, and a wheelchair accessible trail with interpretive signs at Railroad Bridge Park, as well as the Dungeness River Audubon Center which is open from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.

Going East from here, the Trail follows along or near Hendrickson Road to Sequim Avenue, where it heads South (take a right) to Fir Street. Go east on Fir Street to Blake Avenue where the Trail continues on into Sequim's Carrie Blake Park.

In Sequim, the Olympic Discovery Trail is best accessed at Carrie Blake Park, on the Eastside of Sequim, near the Sequim Information Center.

Going East, the Trail currently extends about a mile and a half or so to the absolutely stunning Johnson Creek railroad trestle, which affords a beautiful, hair-raising view some 100 feet over Johnson Creek. Ultimately, the Trail will pass along Sequim Bay State Park through a portion of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Reservation and make its way across the Miller Peninsula, along Discovery Bay, and connect to Port Townsend's Larry Scott Memorial Trail.

Located North of Sequim, the Dungeness Valley covers a large area of level land with the Dungeness River running through it. Where the Dungeness River spews into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the river's silt and sand deposits have created the Dungeness Spit, which is the location of the Dungeness Recreation Area and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. Glacial melt waters from the Olympic Mountains feed the Dungeness River and the lands surrounding it, while those same Olympic Mountains protect the lands from the incessant rain clouds coming in from the Pacific Ocean.