Just 1/2 mile from downtown, there’s a lovely ~3 mile, hilly run combining the attractive campus of Western Washington University and the adjacent Sehome Arboretum. The university has numerous pedestrian paths, passing by mainly modern buildings.
Arboretum. Google Street View
Closest to the city, start at Viking Union Gallery. Enjoy the paths, heading south through campus for ~1 mile, and do a couple of loops around the running track. Continue to the Fairhaven Fields and Outback Farm at the southern edge of campus. Then, enter the Arboretum, and enjoy its hilly, mainly forested paths. Be sure to get to the Viewpoint!
If you’d like to access from downtown, it’s ~0.5 miles from the central business district — use N Gordon St. or High St.
Add-Ons: Additional paths in the Arboretum. The South Bay Trail downtown and other centrally located routes.
Just 1/2 mile from downtown, there’s a lovely ~3 mile, hilly run combining the attractive campus of Western Washington University and the adjacent Sehome Arboretum. The university has numerous pedestrian paths, passing by mainly modern buildings.
Arboretum. Google Street View
Closest to the city, start at Viking Union Gallery. Enjoy the paths, heading south through campus for ~1 mile, and do a couple of loops around the running track. Continue to the Fairhaven Fields and Outback Farm at the southern edge of campus. Then, enter the Arboretum, and enjoy its hilly, mainly forested paths. Be sure to get to the Viewpoint!
If you’d like to access from downtown, it’s ~0.5 miles from the central business district — use N Gordon St. or High St.
Add-Ons: Additional paths in the Arboretum. The South Bay Trail downtown and other centrally located routes.
Wonderful waterfront running. The signature route is the South Bay Trail, following the water for 2 miles around Bellingham Bay toward Fairhaven. Great water and mountain views. Combine with waterfront path to Zuanich Point for a 10.5 mile run!
Combine the gravel Lower Padden Creek and Larrabee Trail/Interurban Trail for a gradual, hilly run from Fairhaven to Chuckanut Mountain overlooking Teddy Bear Cove. Trail passes through a residential area, Fairhaven Park, and a more forested section.
A pleasant 10 run showcasing several small parks in central Bellingham: Squalicum Creek Park, Cornwall Park, Broadway Park, and the nice residential streets of the Columbia neighborhood.
A wide, gravel path runs for 3.6 miles between Memorial Park to Lake Whatcom. Mainly wooded, with some great views of the lake from a pedestrian bridge off Alabama St. Can add with a few miles of trails in Whatcom Falls Park.
A popular spot just 5 miles south of downtown Bellingham. A wide, gravel path circles Lake Padden for 2.6 miles. Do some laps! Adjacent to the lake are the Galbraith Mountain and Padden Trails, which offer hilly, more rugged trail running.
A scenic, moderate trail run through 350 acres of old growth forest. The preserve is 5 miles east of downtown. The route is up to 4.9 miles, including the 3-mile Main Loop and 1.8 mile loop around Lake Geneva.
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