Burke-Gillman

Trail Description:
A very easy wussy trail, but nice to take your family out for a ride. There's a nice veiw of the lake all the way to Gas-Works park and the U of W campus.

How to get there:
Southbound on I-5 get off onto NE Ballinger and then Left again on to Bothel Way. Turn right on the 175th down to the Trcy Owen Station. The Burke Gillman trail goes to the East to Gasworks Park, and if you go left it's the Sammamissh river trail down to Lake Sammamish.

Additional Notes:
This trail is converted from a railroad so it's all flat. you can go from lake sammamish all the

Posted by: Andy Voight on 7/3/2003
If your idea of mtn. biking is blacktop, then THIS is your trail. Not knocking the BGT, but it doesn't belong on Dirtworld.com...seriously.

Posted by: Iggy on 11/22/2002
It's great that Seattle has this trail but this is dirtworld.com rather than pavedworld.com thanks god. If this was a roadie site I would give it a 5.As an MTB trail it sux big time but I'll give it a 2 because I use it for commuting every day.

Posted by: Artie on 6/8/2002
Sure, this is a paved trail but it really is the backbone to almost ALL of the city biking in the north end of Seattle. It is supposed to be expanded to Golden Gardens park within the next year or two so, you could go just about anywhere you'd like. Long or short ride, whatever you like, it's there for you. You can even use it to commute if it's anywhere between here and there. There SHOULD be more purposeful bike trails like it in such a bike friendly city as this. One can only hope. Maybe someday.....

Posted by: Eric on 4/26/2002
This is a paved rail trail best used for training on a road bike. There are multiple entry points with different ride lengths (0-60+ miles) are available. Very busy on sunny weekends.