Beaver Pond Trail — Monday, Aug. 29, 2016

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

Eaglemont Trail is a short trail at 0.33 miles one way. It is located in one of the neighborhoods near the Eaglemont Golf Course in Mount Vernon. I found it through the Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation web page. To get there take South Waugh Road, turn left on Eaglemont Drive, turn left on Beaver Pond Drive and it will be on your left at the “Beaver Pond Shelter and Trailhead”. The gate to drive in was closed. I parked on the street and walked through the opening on the side of the gate. The Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation instructions said to go left of the picnic shelter and take a left past the bollards. *Do not be fooled by the other two trails, or what appear to be legitimate trail heads. One is behind the picnic shelter to the right. It is graveled and goes up the hill about 25’ to a small opening, but no trail after that, unless it is very overgrown. The second misleading trail is the one to the left of the picnic shelter past the bollards and to the right. This seemed like a real trail at first, but about 50’ into it, the trail narrowed and was overgrown with black berry bushes. The The Eaglemont Trail to the left past the bollards passes Beaver Pond then has a semi-steep decline into the woods. The trial is well maintained and used. The trail was grass in the beginning, mostly compacted gravel and in some places packed dirt. There are some wooden bridges along the trail, which I called suspension bridges because they bounce or give a little when walked on, even by my 2 year old. They seemed sturdy, meaning they did not feel as though they were going to give way. The trail was fairly flat with slight ups and downs, it started to have a steady incline toward the end, and near houses. The very end of the trail was a pretty steep incline and led to a dead end street. There is a spot behind a house that has a rope to hang onto as a rail if needed. Many of the trees had already started to change color and drop their leaves. We only saw one person at the beginning of the trail. It was a pleasant hike. We could hear birds and once closer to housing, their t.v.s and dogs barking.