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Ship Canal Trail

All most all the way around Lake Union from Fisherman's Terminal to Eastlake.

Allison Williams
Author: Allison Williams
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Ship Canal Trail


Almost All the Way Around
Ship Canal Trail to Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop

Gets You From Fisherman’s Terminal to Eastlake

Best Traveled When you have a brief window for a ride and an itch to pedal

Road Blocks Watch for cars turning into parking lots and businesses along Westlake. At the end of the 5.1 miles, riders are left with two choices in Eastlake—hit the streets, then cross the University Bridge to the Burke-Gilman and make it a loop around Lake Union…or turn around.

Stops and Sights Though the city touts the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop, named for a Duwamish chief, as a 6-mile circle around Lake Union, nearly a quarter of that route follows surface streets. Better is the route that winds from Fisherman’s Terminal, under the Ballard and Aurora bridges along the Ship Canal. The trail then heads south to MOHAI and the Center for Wooden Boats—and the Seattle Taco Boat, the city’s first
floating food truck. mohai.org, cwb.org, seataco.com

Published in the City Trails issue of Seattle Met.




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Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Since joining Seattle Met in 2011, Allison Williams has overseen the magazine’s travel and outdoor coverage, including deep dives into Olympic National Park, the Columbia River, and a Burger King drive-thru in Canada. She edits the travel-focused blog Tripster and contributes service, news, interview, and narrative pieces to the magazine, including long-form features about mountain mysteries and puppies in prison. She’s earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and been nominated for a City and Regional Magazine award.  Allison was raised here in Olympia and studied writing at Duke University, Oxford University, Columbia Journalism School, and University of Alaska. She began her career in New York City in the newsrooms of Metro newspaper and Time Out New York, then hightailed it back to her native habitat so she could write guidebooks and climb mountains.