Northeast 85th Street End–Lake Washington, 5 beaches is a 12.7-mile out-and-back near Sheridan Beach, WA. The route passes Lake Washington, Lake City Beach Park, Matthews Beach and 2 more. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi20 – 138 ft14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 47.74733, -122.28255
Nearest town Sheridan Beach, WA
Directions
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Northeast 85th Street End–Lake Washington, 5 beaches
12.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 4 hr 18 min
Elevation 19–136 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 47.74733, -122.28255
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:51 AM · sunset 8:41 PM
Transit-accessible: Bothell Way Northeast & Northeast 165th Street stop 197 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Washington.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Burke-Gilman Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miPass Lake City Beach Park.
- 1.3 miPass Matthews Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Matthews Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Northeast 85th Street End.
- 2.5 miReach Northeast 85th Street End, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 3.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:51 AMSunset 8:41 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Bothell Way Northeast & Northeast 165th Street stop 197 m from the trailhead
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