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To get to the Moscow, ID, trailhead from US 195 near Pullman, WA, take WA 270 (ID 8) approximately 11 miles into Moscow. Turn north (left) at Farm Road, and park in the Palouse Mall parking lot. Cross back over ID 8, and go west onto the path. All property to the south of ID 8 is part of the University of Idaho and not available for public parking.

2 Burke-Gilman Trail

County

King

Endpoints

Golden Gardens Park at Seaview Ave. NW (Seattle) to 102nd Ave. NE near Woodinville Dr./WA 522 (Bothell)

Mileage

18.8

Roughness Index

1

Surface

Asphalt

The Burke-Gilman Trail is as much a thoroughfare for commuting to work and the University of Washington as it is a staple for social recreation and fitness. Built in the 1970s, the trail was among the first rail-trails in the country and helped inspire dozens of similar projects around the nation.

Golden Gardens Park and the Sammamish River Trail mark the boundaries of the Burke-Gilman Trail, once a line of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway (SLS&E). Created in 1885 by two prominent Seattle residents, Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman, the SLS&E was purchased by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1901. Heavy traffic by the logging industry sustained the line through 1963, and the corridor became inactive in 1971. The heavy traffic continues as trail users make their way from Puget Sound to Lake Union and Lake Washington.