Lummi Island CircumnavigationBefore you go be sure to check weather, tides and currents for the area you are paddling in! See Help below for assistance with icons.
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Launch Point | Gooseberry Point |
Max Difficulty: | SKI/SKIII Lummi East side is a SKI, West side is SKIII |
Paddle Length/Time | 20 miles total; 6 miles to Camp site; 14 miles return via west side. 2 Day paddle total |
Tide/Current Station | Gooseberry Pt., Pt. Migley; Village Pt./ Hale Passage; Lawrence Pt; Clark Island |
Destination | WWTA Campsite Sound end of Lummi |
Description |
The launch site is also a boat ramp for fishermen and pleasure
boaters. We opt to park and carry our boats to the beach.
It doesn't take to long to load up our boats and be ready to set off
for Lummi. We park our cars in a large parking lot
across from the launch site. We paddle out from Gooseberry Pt. keeping an eye on the ferry and quickly cross its travel route. We cross over to Lummi and paddle down the shore line. It is a great day and we have a great view of Mt Baker to the east. It takes us about 1:45 to reach the cove with the campsites. There are many Department of Natural Resources (DNR) beaches along the east side of Lummi, most are accessible only from the water. There are places on the south end of Lummi that the bluffs rise 1,500 feet from the water. The Cascadia Marine Trail campsite is located in the most southerly of three coves on DNR’s 2,125 foot shoreline, just under two miles from the island’s southern tip. The cove has a nice gravel beach coves with
drift logs above the high tide line.
This is a good place to secure your kayaks overnight.
There are 5 sites in the immediate area, all are up on a
hill. There is a vault toilet, there is no water. The site is
located within a Natural Resource Conservation Area. Stay on
maintained trails and follow minimum-impact camping techniques. The
site is maintained by volunteers from the
Whatcom Area
Kayak Enthusiasts (WAKE) club from Bellingham so please help
them take care of it. We paddle up the coast past the Lummi Rocks and see several seals. We take a break about 7 miles up the coast on a nice secluded stretch of beach. A great place to stretch our legs and have a bite to eat. The paddle distance is starting to get to us as we realize how far we have to go. We are not getting any help from the current so we paddle on. It takes us about 6 hours to finish the paddle. It was great seeing the north end of Lummi finally appear. Even better to see Gooseberry Point. A good paddle if a bit far. Might have been easier to paddle this the other way and using the currents more effectively. |
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