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 Sehome Hill Arboretum — Bellingham, WA Posted by:  Dunbar Loop
N 48° 44.152 W 122° 28.869
10U E 538150 N 5398223
Sehome Hill provides Downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven with an impressive forested hill as a backdrop. This hill has been set aside as arboretum since 1967.
Waymark Code: WMA7KB
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2010
Views: 11
The four communities that make up present day Bellingham -- Bellingham, Sehome, Fairhaven, and Whatcom -- were founded to harvest the vast natural resources of the area which was primarily trees. These trees helped build today's San Francisco and other West Coast cities and town. And even Sehome Hill wasn't spared. It was actively logged as recently as 1906.
In 1922 the hill, which overlooks Downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven, was set aside as a park and in 1967 it become an arboretum. In some ways this is not a traditional arboretum but more a study in the regrowth of a coniferous forest after having been extensively logged. Nevertheless it is great place to walk and experience nature.
Arboretum address:
Sehome Hill
Bellingham, Washington United States
98225
Arboretum web site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A waymark may not be logged as visited, until the finder makes a trip to it.
To log this waymark, you must be able to prove to the waymark owner that you were at the arboretum in question.
Post a photo of an identifiably part of the Arboretum, having your GPS in the photo would be a good idea. In addition, but optional, you may include a a photo and latitude/longitude coordinates of a favorite tree/shrub specimen.
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