Snohomish Co. Walk for Peace

Peace Action is walking again. From Thursday July 5th through Sunday July 8th we’ll walk through most of Snohomish County to raise awareness and help people find ways to help stop American militarism.
Walk for a mile or a day to help build local peace groups.
Most Americans oppose the war, but don’t know what they can do to stop it. We’ll help them learn how effective they can be by taking simple steps like writing their representatives. We’ll help them connect with neighbors to form local peace groups, building a network of informed, coordinated citizens groups.
Peace begins at home. It grows when we step out of our homes to walk, talk and work together for peace, justice, and sustainability.

Let us know if you can commit to a particular stretch: that will help us coordinate things.

Tell friends about the walk too! If you know people in any of the communities we'll be walking through, we're interested. We're contacting activists, churches and community groups to recruit folks to walk through their own towns.

Snohomish Co. Walk for Peace Schedule

Thursday July 5th: Woodinville-Edmonds-South Everett: 24 miles
8 am- 9 am: Start at NE 175th & 131st NE. Walk N on 131st &132nd NE, then NE 192nd, Holly Hills dr. NE, NE 195th to 405. 2 1/2 miles
9 am- 11 am: (Bothell): Beardslee Blvd, Main St., Bothell Way NE, Bothell-Everett Hwy, 228th st SW. 3 1/2 miles.
11 am- 1:30 pm: 228th st SW, Locust Way SW, Larch Way, SW 212th. 5 miles
1:30- 3 pm: (Edmonds) SW 21th, Main St. 3 miles
3 pm- 5 pm: 3rd ave N, Caspers st, 9th ave N, Puget Dr, Olympic View Dr. to Lindale Park. 4 miles.
5 pm- 7 pm: Olympic View Dr, 168th st SW, Pacific Hwy (99) to 112th SW. 6 miles.

Friday July 6th: Everett, Marysville to Arlington: 23 miles
8 am- 12:30 am: Evergreen Way, 52nd st, Colby ave, 16th st, Broadway to Snohomish River Bridge. 9 miles
12:30 am- 2 pm: Pacific Hwy, State ave to Marysville P.O. 3 miles.
2 pm- 5 pm: State ave, Smokey Pt. rd, to 172nd NE. 6 1/2 miles.
5 pm- 7 pm: 172nd, 59th ave NE, 188th st NE, 67th ave NE. 4 miles.


Saturday, July 7th: Arlington, Lake Stevens, Snohomish: 23 1/2 miles

8 am- 10 am: N. Hazel & Division St. Centennial Trail, Lebanon st, 67th ave, Levin-Cox rd (152nd). 4 1/2 miles.

10 am- 3pm: Centennial Trail. 9 miles.

3 pm- 4 pm: (Lake Stevens) NE 131st ave, Hartford dr, Lakeshore dr, 16th st NE, Centennial Tr. 2 miles.

4 pm- 8 pm: Centennial Tr, Maple Ave. (Snohomish). 8 miles


Sunday, July 8th: Snohomish to Monroe: 11 miles

9 am- 12 pm: 2nd st & Maple ave. 2nd st, 92nd st SE, Hwy 2, 6 miles

12 am- 2 pm: Fryelands rd, 162nd st SE, W. Main st, S. Lewis st, 5 miles

2 pm: Walk ends. Picnic at Skykomish River Centennial Park.


A Trailguide to Snohomish Co. Walk for Peace

Thursday: A few hills, and some very nice parks, especially in the late afternoon, when the trees will give us a great break from the heat.

Friday: Our least hilly day. Expect lots of interaction with folks in Everett. Then the bridge, where noise and traffic is balanced by great views of the Snohomish River. After Marysville, farms and fields clear to Arlington.

Saturday: Outside of Arlington we face our narrowest shoulder, fortunately less than 1/2 mile on a not-too-busy road. Then the Centennial Trail gives us 17 miles of woods, streams, lakes, plenty of thimbleberries and no cars at all. We'll have great chances to chat with walkers, runners and cyclists. Porta Potties are fairly frequent, and our loop through Lake Stevens gives us a change of scenery.

Sunday: Hwy 2 has 6-10 ft. of paved shoulder, and early on Sunday isn't too busy. Then we tour Monroe and celebrate in the park.

Monday: and after, we get busy turning our contacts into self-energized, grass roots communities making peace a growing part of our culture and politics. When's the next walk?