This 44 mile ride started at the Kingston
ferry terminal with a friend from Kingston who knows the back roads of Kitsap County. We head north for a loop through the Little Boston and
paused at Point Julia which offers a great view across to Port Gamble. We
continued north onto Hood Canal Drive, stopping at several road ends that
provided public beach access and views of the Olympic Mountains, the Hood Canal
Bridge, and shoreline wildlife, (4 eagles and a blue heron where there today). After traveling through the community of
Driftwood keys, we headed northwest on Twin Spits Road for a three mile loop
side trip up Foulweather Bluff Road before heading east on Twin Spits Road back to the Puget Sound side of
the Great Peninsula to Hansville and a coffee stop at the Hansville Grill and Grocery.
for some time at the Norwegian Point beach.
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| Point No Point Lighthouse |
After a detour to Point No Point's Lighthouse our
ride continued south on Hansville Road and the Old Hansville Highway, crossing
NE 288th Street; at this point the ride can be extended to Port Gamble or even
over the Hood Canal Bridge by heading west and intersecting with WA-104. However, today we simply continue south across
Hwy 104 onto Miller Bay Road, passing the North Kitsap Heritage Park, and
turning SE on Indianola Road to the old ferry pier and waterfront and views to
Seattle. The Indianola Country Store has
great hand-made sandwiches and beverages.
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| Author at Indianola waterfront |
After a quick detour to
the south on Shore Drive and Sea View Avenue to check out the Miller Bay spit
we head north back on Kitsap Street, crossing Indianola Road to the new White
Horse trail that runs along the east side of the White Horse Golf Club. We
continued east, then north on Whitehorse Drive, South Kingston Road and West
Kingston Road to Kingston and the ferry.
Both the north loop and the Indianola loop can be done separately to shorten the ride. Keep in mind the roads of Kitsap County while offering little traffic to contend with are up and down from sea level to higher bluffs (we topped out several times above 350 feet and bottomed out at sea level as many times)
For details on this route such as map, ride stats, full directions and elevation profile:visit RideWithGPS
