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520 Bridge View Park – Volunteer Park Water Tower loop from Medina

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520 Bridge View Park – Volunteer Park Water Tower loop from Medina

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520 Bridge View Park – Volunteer Park Water Tower loop from Medina

01:45

28.2km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 21.1 km for 72 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.29 km

SR-520 Bike Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This section of the trail is smooth with a few rolling hills. There are several viewpoints that make for a great spot to take a break and enjoy the views of Lake Washington, the Seattle skyline, and if you're lucky, Mount Rainier.

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3.72 km

520 Bridge View Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

This small park sits right on top of the bridge, with a privillege view of the river, the bridge and the mountains in the background. Worth taking a break to sit in one of the benches just to enjoy the view.

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8.56 km

Montlake Bike and Pedestrian Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

Finally opened in early 2025, this beautiful landmark of a bridge allows cyclists and pedestrians to walk over all those freeway lanes on the 520 bridge. Worth a stop in the middle to see the view and smell the flowers (in season, of course)

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17.3 km

Volunteer Park Water Tower

Highlight • Monument

To this day, Seattle benefits immensely from the park and street system that the landscape architect brothers Olmsted designed from around 1903 onwards. The rural and almost romantic-looking districts on the Lake Washington side go back to these plans, which idealize the American landscape. Volunteer Park on scenic Capitol Hill is the central green space, a landscaped city park. The water tower at the highest point is open to the public. From the viewing platform you have a wonderful view over the city, the sound and the lakes, along with some information boards about the grandiose green planning of the Olmsteds. Urban planning was once so progressive in the USA.
volunteerparktrust.org

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19.3 km

Interlaken Park Road

Highlight • Trail

A great way up when making your way up from the Montlake neighborhood to the Capitol Hill & Central District Neighborhoods.

Specifically good for avoiding the busy ascent up 24th and providing nice coniferous scenery and shade!

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23.1 km

Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge (Evergreen Point Bridge)

Highlight • Bridge

This is the better bridge to cross Lake Washington. Nice wide cycle/pedestrian path, multiple pullouts that allow you to stop and take in the sights to the North, and a glorious view from the East end of the bridge towards Seattle to the West. Once the Montlake interchange is complete, access to University of Washington will be excellent.

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28.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.7 km

1.81 km

1.28 km

313 m

160 m

Surfaces

14.3 km

13.9 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Today

Thursday 16 July

22°C

14°C

46 %

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520 Bridge View Park – Volunteer Park Water Tower loop from Medina

SR-520 Bike Trail

520 Bridge View Park

Montlake Bike and Pedestrian Bridge

Volunteer Park Water Tower

Interlaken Park Road

Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge (Evergreen Point Bridge)

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