first landing of Christopher Columbus
- Twin Ponds Park (wta.org)
This Shoreline city park offers good trails that pass through areas of low forest and circle two small lakes. Hikers may prefer the approach from the west side via the Trail of the Cedars. The route described here begins at that trailhead but gets to every part of the park, including the eastern trailheads, so you can easily modify your route if you prefer a different starting point.
- Hispaniola (Wikipedia)
Hispaniola (/ˌhɪspənˈjoʊlə/, also UK: /-pænˈ-/) is an island between Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by land area, after Cuba. The 76,192-square-kilometre (29,418 sq mi) island is divided into two separate sovereign countries: the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic (48,445 km2 (18,705 sq mi) to the east and the French and Haitian Creole–speaking Haiti (27,750 km2 (10,710 sq mi) to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin, which is shared between France (Saint Martin) and the Netherlands (Sint Maarten).
