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Bicycle Weekend on Lake Washington Boulevard is back! A scenic 3-mile stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard between Mount Baker Beach and Seward Park  will once again be closed to motorized vehicles but open to people walking, rolling, and biking, from 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday,  on scheduled weekends from May to September.

This time change reflects the call for Bicycle Weekends to be more predictable, and consistent, and to reduce the impacts on evening and morning commutes. Seattle Parks and Recreation invites everyone in the community to bike, jog or stroll along the boulevard between the Seward Park entrance and Mount Baker Park’s beach during these times.

Local access: People driving to homes along the boulevard because they live there, are visiting, or making deliveries are allowed from the nearest cross street.

It’s a flat piece of lakefront roadway that links several parks and makes a great spot for family bike rides and non-motorized scooters, skating, walking, and running.  The longtime popular “Bicycle Sunday” events, when Lake Washington Boulevard closed to cars, have become Bicycle Weekends and shut down the road two weekends a month May through September.

The 2023 event dates are:

May 20-21; May 27-28
June 17-18; June 24-25
July 1-2; July 15-16
August 19-20; August 26-27
September 2-3; Septenber 16-17

(Here’s a parent review of taking the kids to Bicycle Sunday .)

Seattle parks with free parking near the bicycle weekend Lake Washington Boulevard route include:

Colman Park, 1800 Lake Washington Blvd. S
Mount Baker Park Beach, 2521 Lake Park Dr. S
Stan Sayres Memorial Park, 3803 Lake Washington Blvd. S
Adams St Boat Launch, 4200 Lake Washington Blvd. S
Ferdinand St Boat Launch, 5018 Lake Washington Blvd. S
Seward Park,5900 Lake Washington Blvd. S