Bridle Crest Trail

From the eastern terminus, cross West Lake Sammamish Parkway at the main Marymoor park entrance and proceed a dozen yards or so to the trailhead on the west side of the road. Start up into the forested ravine, passing a handful of smaller side paths. Keep your eyes open for an old abandoned concrete reservoir structure at the bottom of the ravine and a single, very large fir with its top busted off — rare standing old growth.

Once out of the ravine, you will arrive at Westside Park. At this point, you will need to walk the wide sidewalk up 156th Ave NE to NE 60th St and cross over Highway 520 and the new Light Rail line, with the gravel trail resuming in about three blocks just south of Benjamin Rush Elementary School. 

Continue west, crossing 148th Ave NE and 140th Ave NE (both at signaled crosswalks), passing the big Bellevue Golf Course and several horse farm properties until you reach the western terminus and Bridle Trails State Park on the other side of 132nd Ave NE. Retrace your steps for the return trip.