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July 10, 2008
Short Trips
BELLEVUE -- Seattleites who suffer from limnogephyrophobia (that's the fear of lakes and the bridges that cross them) could be missing something.
Bellevue, for example.
Bellevue is that place on the east side of Lake Washington that just about everyone on the west side of Lake Washington likes to poke fun at. You know who you are -- Blahvue, Blandville.
But, hold on a minute. You might be surprised.
By Gordy Holt | June 1, 2006
Take a Walk
Location: Newcastle/Bellevue.
Length: About 1.5 miles round-trip; connects to additional trails.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderate dirt/gravel trail.
By Cathy McDonald | September 29, 2005
Location: Bellevue.
Length: About five miles of trails.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderate bark/dirt/gravel trails and wooden boardwalks.
By Cathy McDonald | August 25, 2005
Location: Newcastle/Bellevue.
Length: Almost two miles round trip with connections to additional trails.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderately-steep dirt/gravel trail (can be mucky in spots after rains).
By Cathy McDonald | June 23, 2005
Location:
Newcastle/Bellevue.
Length:
Half-mile round trip; connects to miles of trails.
Level of difficulty:
Level-to-gentle dirt/gravel trail (muddy after rains, but drier than many other trails in the park).
By Cathy McDonald | February 24, 2005
Location: Redmond.
Length: One-mile round trip from Westside Park to Marymoor Park. The east-west Bridle Crest Trail is two miles long, and runs from Bridle Trails State Park east along the south side of Northeast 60th Street. On 156th Avenue Northeast, it jogs south a block to Westside Park, and emerges to the east just south of the entrance to Marymoor Park on West Lake Sammamish Parkway.
Level of difficulty: Flat-to-moderate bark trail. Access the trail at Westside Park at the back of the grassy lawn (muddy after rain).
By Cathy McDonald | December 30, 2004
The walk: Here's a rare walk: You can take in an entire community not just a piece of it in a single afternoon. Even people who live on the Eastside may not be familiar with tiny Beaux Arts Village, the smallest jurisdiction in King County at a mere 10th of a square mile and a population of just over 300.
By Lucy Mohl | May 6, 2004
Take a Walk
Location: Bellevue.
Length: Several miles of trails.
Level of difficulty: Flat to moderately rolling; paved walkways around the visitors center give way to dirt/gravel paths.
By Cathy McDonald | April 22, 2004
Take a Walk
Location: Bellevue.
Length: A 2.5-mile loop.
Level of difficulty: Level-to-moderate, bark/gravel trail.
By Cathy McDonald | April 8, 2004
