East Lake Sammamish Trail
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The East Lake Sammamish Trail is an 18 kilometer (11 mile) recreational rail trail in King County, Washington that runs along Lake Sammamish from Marymoor Park in Redmond, through Sammamish, to Gilman Boulevard in Issaquah. It connects to the Sammamish River Trail at its northern end.
The trail had initially encountered fierce political resistance from nearby homeowners through whose property the former Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway right-of-way runs. An interim trail, with a packed gravel surface suitable for walking, horseback riding, and mountain biking, had been scheduled for completion by January 2006.
After losing a federal lawsuit brought by the Cascade Land Conservancy and Friends of the East Lake Sammamish Trail before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, the homeowners relented, and the trail was finally completed and opened on 2006-03-21. [1]
[edit] External links
- City of Sammamish - East Lake Sammamish Trail
- Cascade Land Conservancy
- Friends of the East Lake Sammamish trail
- Bike Trails of the Pacific Northwest article
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