Bainbridge Island

1867 nautical chart

adjacent to

note: clockwise from north
Port Madison
Port Madison Bay
Puget Sound
Rolling Bay
Murden Cove
Eagle Harbor
Blakely Harbor
Rich Passage
Port Orchard
Manzanita Bay
Agate Passage

Agate Pass Bridge

Bainbridge Island is connected to the Kitsap Peninsula by the Agate Pass Bridge, carrying SR 305 over Agate Passage at the island’s northwest corner.

anchor

bays

botanical garden

Bloedel Reserve

bridge

Agate Pass Bridge

city park

Fort Ward Park

death

Johnson died from kidney failure at his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington, on January 16, 2014, aged 89.

died

Russell Johnson

formation

Bainbridge Island was formed during the last ice age—13,000 to 15,000 years ago—when the 3,000-foot-thick (910 m) Vashon Glacier scraped out the Puget Sound and Hood Canal basins.

glacial erratics

island in

not to be confused with

Bainbridge Island, Washington

note

This page is for the island, which is completely contained by a city of the same name.

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3148366

photographs

pond

random

Yukon

size

The island is about 5 miles (8 km) wide and 10 miles (16 km) long, encompassing nearly 17,778 acres (27.778 sq mi; 71.95 km2), and is one of Puget Sound’s larger islands.

strait

Agate Pass

subreddit

r/BainbridgeIsland

tags

island

Theodore Roethke

He suffered a heart attack in his friend S. Rasnics’ swimming pool in 1963 and died on Bainbridge Island, Washington, aged 55. The pool was later filled in and is now a zen rock garden, which can be viewed by the public at the Bloedel Reserve, a 150-acre (60 hectare) former private estate. There is no marker to indicate that the rock garden was the site of Roethke’s death.

trail

Fort Ward to Blakely Harbor Trail

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Bloedel Reserve

Washington Trails Association

Fort Ward Park (wta.org) Fort Ward Park has a rich history and a variety of trails. This park used to be a military fort to protect the navy yards in Bremerton. It was closed in the ‘60s and has been public land ever since, first as a state park and now as a local city park. You will find a few remnants of this military past along the beach, but the majority of the park is in a natural setting.
Fort Ward to Blakely Harbor (wta.org) This trail links Fort Ward Park to Blakely Harbor Park via a forested corridor. These two areas are great destinations, but this trail in-between is a beautiful journey on its own.

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49632219

Wikipedia

Bainbridge Island, Washington (Wikipedia) Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is located in Puget Sound. The population was 24,825 at the 2020 census, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County. The city limits encompass the entire island.