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Turtleback Mountain Preserve
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Eastsound, WA
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This is one of the largest undeveloped properties in the county. Sheltering a variety of special habitats and species, the hiking preserve is ecologically significant as well as beautiful.
Hiking trails with spectacular views on the west side. The Orcas Island community and the San Juan Preservation Trust raised $20 million to save this 1700 acre parcel from development. Turtleback Mountain Preserve was created in 2006. We still have our Save Turtleback hat!
The south trailhead offers a fairly short hike to amazing views to the south. The north trailhead is steeper and potentially longer if you go all the way out to turtlehead, but also offers views towards Eastsound and also Waldron Island to the west at shorter distances.