Jones Island LbNA #4328 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | May 4, 2003 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Friday Harbor |
| County: | San Juan |
| State: | Washington |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Mariner Fan |
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| Last found: | Sep 24, 2006 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | May 4, 2003 |
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Terrain: Hard (due to location)
Easy/Moderate on Jones Island.
Clues: Easy/Moderate
Time: 60 –90 minutes once you arrive on the island.
A Word of Caution!
Jones Island State Park is one of the many locations that has a campsite along the Cascadia Marine Trail (CMT). To reach this island, you must arrive by boat, and to stay at the CMT campsite you must arrive by a human or wind-powered beachable water craft. There are sites for motorized boaters as well. The currents and winds can be extremely challenging in this area so please know your skill level before setting out for Jones Island!
History
Jones Island is one of the most popular destination islands in the San Juan Islands. Just to the west of Orcas Island, it is a gorgeous location with views all around. With many miles of hiking trails, there is much to explore here. Jones Island was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 in honor of Captain Jacob Jones, US Navy, who captured the British brig Frolic on October 18, 1812, as Master Commandant of the sloop-of-war Wasp. (from WWTA’s 10 Year Anniversary Edition of The Cascadia Marine Trail Guidebook, p.106)
Clues:
Find the Cascadia Marine Trail on the west side of Jones Island. From the site, travel the SouthWest Loop along the shore. As you hike by a handful of clearings, take a look out towards the gorgeous views of the surrounding islands and be thankful to be exploring this place. Travel up some rock stairs, past several beautiful viewpoints looking out onto San Juan Channel, down through a large grove of madrona trees and then once again come out onto a rocky outcropping that looks out onto the San Juan Channel that surrounds the island. Here you will find three National Geodetic Survey benchmarks. Take note of the two years mentioned on the marks. You’ll need this information later.
From here, head back towards the CMT site and travel along the NorthWest Loop. After a short hike on this trail you will go up a series of switchbacks to a gorgeous lookout towards San Juan Island and Spieden Channel. Just after the top of the switchbacks as you head back into the woods, you will come across a trail marker with a hiker symbol on it. At this point, subtract the second year from the first year that you gathered at the NGS benchmark. Take that number of steps back in the direction that you came. On the opposite side of the trail from the water, you will see a large tree. I will be hiding under a small grass-covered rock ledge behind the tree, with the tree blocking my view of Spieden Channel.
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Terrain: Hard (due to location)
Easy/Moderate on Jones Island.
Clues: Easy/Moderate
Time: 60 –90 minutes once you arrive on the island.
A Word of Caution!
Jones Island State Park is one of the many locations that has a campsite along the Cascadia Marine Trail (CMT). To reach this island, you must arrive by boat, and to stay at the CMT campsite you must arrive by a human or wind-powered beachable water craft. There are sites for motorized boaters as well. The currents and winds can be extremely challenging in this area so please know your skill level before setting out for Jones Island!
History
Jones Island is one of the most popular destination islands in the San Juan Islands. Just to the west of Orcas Island, it is a gorgeous location with views all around. With many miles of hiking trails, there is much to explore here. Jones Island was named by the Wilkes Expedition in 1841 in honor of Captain Jacob Jones, US Navy, who captured the British brig Frolic on October 18, 1812, as Master Commandant of the sloop-of-war Wasp. (from WWTA’s 10 Year Anniversary Edition of The Cascadia Marine Trail Guidebook, p.106)
Clues:
Find the Cascadia Marine Trail on the west side of Jones Island. From the site, travel the SouthWest Loop along the shore. As you hike by a handful of clearings, take a look out towards the gorgeous views of the surrounding islands and be thankful to be exploring this place. Travel up some rock stairs, past several beautiful viewpoints looking out onto San Juan Channel, down through a large grove of madrona trees and then once again come out onto a rocky outcropping that looks out onto the San Juan Channel that surrounds the island. Here you will find three National Geodetic Survey benchmarks. Take note of the two years mentioned on the marks. You’ll need this information later.
From here, head back towards the CMT site and travel along the NorthWest Loop. After a short hike on this trail you will go up a series of switchbacks to a gorgeous lookout towards San Juan Island and Spieden Channel. Just after the top of the switchbacks as you head back into the woods, you will come across a trail marker with a hiker symbol on it. At this point, subtract the second year from the first year that you gathered at the NGS benchmark. Take that number of steps back in the direction that you came. On the opposite side of the trail from the water, you will see a large tree. I will be hiding under a small grass-covered rock ledge behind the tree, with the tree blocking my view of Spieden Channel.
Email womanonsafari at yahoo.com when you find me.