r/seattlebike • u/wafflesperkilo • 1d ago
Road Biking to Rainier & Olympic
Hello! Would love some suggestions on planning a route from Seattle to Rainier and back and Seattle to Olympic and back. Have found some routes online, but unclear how safe they are for bikes around cars, and suggestions for places to stay along the way etc.
If you have done this before, and have thoughts on scenic and safe-ish from cars routes, would love your input!
(I am used to riding hills and would consider myself an amateur intermediate cyclist, not very fast but by can climb hills and do long distances.)
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u/boxofducks 11h ago
Seattle - Bainbridge ferry
Take the Chilly Hilly route from the Bainbridge ferry to the north side of the island, right on 305.
305 across the Agate Pass bridge to Totten Rd, left on Totten, follow the water into Poulsbo to the north end of Liberty Bay, right on Bond, left on Big Valley Rd, right on SR3. Go past the Hood Canal Bridge into Port Gamble, get food at Butcher and Baker, go back and cross the Hood Canal Bridge.
Right at the roundabout onto Paradise Bay Rd, follow the water, right on Oak Bay Rd into Port Ludlow and north to Port Hadlock.
Left on SR19, right on Anderson Bay Rd, left on SR20 and you're on the Olympic Discovery Trail, follow the ODT route to Port Angeles for Hurricane Ridge, or farther west for other parts of the park.
Sketchiest parts for cars are the Agate Pass bridge and the section of the ODT that is on SR20 going around Discovery Bay.