The Olympia trailhead features a sustainably designed shelter and restroom with a living roof and a rain garden and parts of the trail run alongside Indian Creek.
At the beginning trailhead at Watershed Park, the Karen Fraser Woodland Trail meanders west, briefly following Interstate 5 and Indian Creek before crossing through the Olympia border into the city of Lacey.
[5] Future phases will extend the trail west through Watershed Park, crossing the Deschutes River, and ending at Tumwater Falls.
[3] In October 2017, the two trails were renamed with a single name to honor State Senator Karen Fraser who previously represented the area and was, in 1976, the first female mayor of Lacey.
[7][8][9] A pair of ten-foot cedar wood carvings, created by an artist of the Squaxin Island Tribe, were installed at the Watershed trailhead in 2021 after an arts initiative begun by the city of Olympia.