Hammer Heritage Square in downtown Sedro-Woolley, with its gazebo and clock tower

Skagit County

Living in Sedro-Woolley.

The Gateway to the North Cascades, on the Skagit River at the western edge of the Cascade Range.

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What it is like

Sedro-Woolley, from the official record.

Every fact here comes from the city, the county, WSDOT or the parks agencies. Sources are listed below.

Getting around

Sedro-Woolley is on SR 20, the North Cascades Highway, about 5 miles east of I-5 by the National Park Service's count, which puts it an hour and a half north of Seattle. SR 9 runs north from town, and a 10-foot-wide path for walking and biking runs the length of the city along SR 20.

Skagit Transit runs several routes from the Sedro-Woolley park and ride.

Parks and trails

Riverfront Park covers 26.69 acres on the Skagit River, with a boat launch, an amphitheater, RV sites and a rose garden, and hosts a carnival the week of July 4th. Harry Osborne Park has an old logging locomotive and a section of an 846-year-old Douglas fir.

The county's Cascade Trail, a former railway, starts at Fruitdale Road and SR 20 and runs 22 miles through towns and farmland, and the Northern State Recreation Area just east of town has trails through elk habitat and wetlands.

Mountains and river

The city sits along the banks of the Skagit River on the western edge of the Cascade Range. North of town, SR 9 has views of the snow-capped peaks of the North Cascades.

The Fruitdale path looks out on Haystack Mountain and Lyman Hill.

Known for

Mortimer Cook, who brought his family to the Skagit Valley in 1884, named the town Cedra, the Spanish word for cedar, and the name became Sedro. Philip A. Woolley started Woolley just to the north in 1890, and the two merged on December 19, 1898.

Three railroads helped build the town, historic buildings include the Bingham mansion, and the city's big Fourth of July celebration is Loggerodeo. The National Park Service lists its North Cascades headquarters and an information center in Sedro-Woolley.

From Rich

I have lived in Arlington since December 2003, and I started driving trucks on Snohomish and Skagit County roads in 2004. If you are weighing Sedro-Woolley, call or text me and I will tell you what I know about it, and what I do not.

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