Day 33 · Planned
Discovery Bay
Jefferson County, WA
Discovery Bay, between the strait and Hood Canal
This day on the route
- Planned date
- The day
- Walking
- Planned walking
- 9.7 miles
Day 33: 9.7 planned walking miles to Discovery Bay. The following stage continues to Quilcene; no walking conditions are inferred from the map line.
Route overview, not turn-by-turn directions.
Day 33 is planned as 9.7 miles to Discovery Bay. The next stage turns toward Quilcene and the communities along Hood Canal.
Discovery Bay sits between the Blyn and Quilcene stages in the founder’s itinerary. The planned walking day is 9.7 miles, followed by a longer 14.5-mile stage to Quilcene. This is where the chapter begins its transition from the northern Olympic Peninsula toward the Hood Canal portion of the loop.
Water quality work in this part of Jefferson County connects the bays with the streams and rivers that feed them. The county’s Quilcene-Dabob project, undertaken from 2015 to 2018, examined fresh and marine water together to protect shellfish, recreation and aquatic habitat. The work follows the connections from inland watercourses to the marine habitat along this part of the route.
The educational reading linked to this day distinguishes the two main adult donation methods. Peripheral blood stem cell donation and marrow donation involve different procedures and assessment. NMDP explains what each method involves and the assessment that follows selection for a patient, giving readers a fuller account of what donation may require.
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NMDP — Join the registry · checked Sep 1, 2026
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Sources
Local history and background reading for this stop.
- Quilcene-Dabob water quality project — checked Sep 5, 2026
- Blood stem cell donor questions — checked Sep 5, 2026
