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Someone who actually knows the area, please verify these facts for me:
If I go straight south on Beach Drive, I can make it through Lincoln Park (ending up somewhere near the ferry dock).
There is no good route from the end of Marine Drive SW (at 35th Ave SW) east over Seola Beach Drive SW to SW 116th St (as the King County Bike Map implies).
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lantius
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:22 pm
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i don't know about the second one, but we rode the first one on a point83 ride. you have to ride down an alley and along a gravel trail but it's totally doable, i pulled a trailer with a keg in it out there.
coupdegrace
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:43 pm
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Greg, The answer to your first queston is yes! Were Beach Dr ends a dirt/gravel path goes thru Lincoln Park along the beach by Coleman Pool and reconnects with Fauntleroy Way just north of the ferry dock. It is a very beautiful shortcut and bypasses the the big hill from Loman Beach up Lincoln Parkway & 47th Ave SW. It is not very wide in places so it is necessary to be extra mindful of the peds and dog walkers who may think that this trail is for their exclusive use. It can be muddy and I don't take my rec ride on it if it could be and even when it is dry some of my rec riders don't like to ride it with 700c x23's, but it is only a short distance and I enjoy the view.
For your second question I don't know but am looking forward to the answer as well. It would be very cool if there were some sort of connection or easement to get thru there.
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gsbarnes
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:08 pm
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coupdegrace wrote:
For your second question I don't know but am looking forward to the answer as well. It would be very cool if there were some sort of connection or easement to get thru there.
Thanks for everyone's help. It looks like I will be investigating this firsthand in a couple of hours, and will report back.
I'm 99% certain the answer to the 2nd question is that there is no connection over Seola Beach Dr., since it looks like a fairly steep ravine:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=854792
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gsbarnes
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:12 am
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And the answer is: both facts are true.
Ride south on Beach Drive, and it continues as a path along the shore in Lincoln Park. The first half is the usual gravel, and 80% of the people I met were walking dogs. The second half (after Colman Pool) is paved, and spits you out just north of the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock.
Continue south on Marine View Drive and, at the end, you will find no bikeable route over the Seola Beach Drive Ravine to SW 116th St., despite what the King Co Bike Map says (unless your idea of a bikeable route includes a steep plunge through blackberry bushes and a similarly steep climb through blackberry bushes). You have to ride up to SW 106th to get through.
After taking this detour, I proceeded south on 26th Ave SW, foolishly trusting the King County Bike Map to guide me onward. It guided me down a steep Shorewood Dr, with a sign telling me that the road was closed 1.3 miles ahead. I couldn't resist checking it out. Sure enough, down near the level of the sound, there was a lovely landslide over the road that had been half cleared away. The closed section is easily navigable by bike, but, of course, no matter which end of the closed section you start from, you next get the mother of all hillclimbs. Something akin to climbing up West Seattle in 2-4 blocks. That was fun. Once. Then I decided to skip the repeat performance, picked up Ambaum Blvd SW, which turns into Delridge, and a breezy ride back to the city with the wind at my back.
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