Sauk Mountain Road is a dirt/gravel road that goes through and above Rockport State Park to a peak on Sauk Mountain. It was quite a thrill ride driving the steep, pothole riddled, one-lane road through the beautiful forest. The top picture is facing west, through the blue haze, towards Mount Vernon and Burlington and the islands and ocean beyond. The lower picture is facing east where the Skagit River comes from the Cascades. There is an old hang gliding platform facing this direction.
The trail you can take to the peak through alpine like meadows and wildflowers.
This is the area where the 14-year-old boy killed a hiker while bear hunting in August.
