Port of Skagit Nature Trail System -- North

This flat, graveled trail system wends around the industrial park and woods northeast of the Skagit County airport. You walk by businesses like FedEx, Hexcel, and Nordic Tugs as well as a couple of small duck ponds and through wooded areas. It encompasses about three miles of trails north of the airport, and connects with additional trails to the south. There is parking and a porta potty at the corner of Higgins Airport Way and Josh Wilson Road.

There is about half a mile of trail through this wooded area before you get to the old water tank. Click any picture to enlarge.

The markers have maps of the entire trail system so you don't get turned around. 

Across from the airport entrance are a couple of small duck ponds. 

The ducks seem pretty used to the commercial traffic, and wait patiently for trucks to pass before crossing the road from one pond to another.  The distance is too short to fly, apparently. 

Most of the trails have commercial buildings on one or the other side. The roads can be busy during work hours, but are almost completely unused by the early evening and on weekends.