Bike Riding in Kitsap County
In a lot of ways Bainbridge Island is your gateway to Kitsap county and the Olympic Penninsula. If you are planning a day trip or a weekend over here, don’t stop at the edge of the island, there is much more to see! Kitsap county has some of the best places to ride a bike in the entire U.S. No kidding.
hood canal bridge bike lane
Historic Port Gamble is a bike ride away…
Poulsbo waterfront park
Clear Creek Trail
Miles of forested singletrack
Of course you know about our mild, rainy climate. Did you know that we have a rain shadow effect from the Olympic mountains in a big part of Kitsap county that makes bike riding pleasant and dry a lot of times when it is raining cats and dogs just a few miles away? Midwestern bike riders, did you know we barely have to deal with wind here in Kitsap county? We may have hills, but nobody has to deal with 40mph headwinds for hours at a time…
Ride the 19 mile climb up Hurricane Ridge
Mountain views only an hour away
Ride your cyclocross bike on miles of forest roads
Olympic Discovery Trail
Riding south out of Poulsbo
The mountain bike trails in Kitsap county are truly epic. Riders from other parts of the country marvel at our close proximity to flowy, technical trails and miles of fire roads that litter the rural parts of the county. Besides trails on state and national park land, Olympic resources has logging land where they actively encourage recreational use while their trees grow…