Anacortes Community Forest Lands (ACFL)
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The Anacortes Community Forest Lands are a combination of over 2800 acres of forests, meadows, lakes, and wetlands nestled into the edge of Anacortes. It offers mountain bikers 50 miles of single and double track by connecting a few tracts of land that are stewarded by Friends of the Forest. From the single track you have great views of the San Juans and access to three freshwater lakes.
Rides in the Little Cranberry trails area can be connected to the Heart Lake and Whistle Lake areas. The connection between Little Cranberry and Heart lake occurs near the SE corner of the Cranberry Maps. The Cranberry trail is 126. The Heart Lake Trail is 241.
Advocacy is headed up by Friends of the ACFL.
Ride Reports
I was following the weather pattern the last half of the week looking for a dry place to enjoy a ride. The rain shadow developed over Anacortes overnight and I started off of the 23rd trailhead around 8am. The trails were solid with only a couple mud puddles. The roots and exposed rock were wet a...
Wanted to do another section of the Pacific Northwest trail starting just south of downtown Anacortes at the north end of the ACFL and heading south to Mt Erie. We parked at the end of 23rd and headed south. We pretty much stayed on the PNT until we decided to deviate from our plan and summited S...