West Hylebos Wetlands

There are several nice parks and trails in Federal Way, one of these is the West Hylebos Wetlands. The park is located on 348th street in Federal Way close to the Metro Park and Ride, I have included a link to the park
http://www.cityoffederalway.com/Page.aspx?view=391
Just click on West Hylebos Wetlands.


This cabin was built by one of the Denny's one of the original settlers of early Seattle, over time he had real estate holdings and sawmills. Then, unfortunately, he lost it all in the Panic of 1893, does this sound familiar or what?

This cabin was built here in Federal Way originally before being moved to this location.


This is the start of the trail

The trail is a boardwalk for must of the way.






Hylebos creek crosses the trail several times






heading back to the trailhead






The thing about walking this trail is sometimes you would not know you are in the middle of a major suburban city.





This broad leaf maple tree was awesome