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Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 10

Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 10

Run for the trails! The Trillium Trail Run 10K/5K and Kids Fun Run returns to Bainbridge Island Saturday, May 10, a benefit to acquire, build and maintain new Bainbridge Island trails.

The Trillium Trail Run is presented by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation.

Early-bird registration for the timed event is now open at www.trilliumtrail.run. Cost is $35 for the 10K run and $30 for the 5K, with all proceeds supporting trail projects on Bainbridge Island. The Kids Fun Run is free.

Runners and walkers will enjoy a scenic course from Battle Point Park, along the Forest to Sky Trail and over Hilltop meadow, and looping among the great firs of the Grand Forest.

Race packets and timing bibs will be distributed the morning of the event. Race T-shirts must be pre-ordered at registration.

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Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 10Douglas2025-04-22T15:17:01-07:00

BURT 100 ‘Ultra’ run raises $5K for Bainbridge Island trails

BURT 100 ‘Ultra’ run raises $5K for Bainbridge Island trails

The drive is, in their own estimation, “peculiar.” How else to describe the urge to run 100 miles on Bainbridge Island trails – nonstop, overnight, and this year in freezing weather – without, say, a bear on your heels?

It’s a fair question, says Chris Heiden, who co-founded the Bainbridge Ultra Running Team with Mark Goodro five years ago.

The inaugural BURT run – a modest 50 miles – was a loosely organized excuse to get out of the house when Covid cancelled every other run in the area. About 15 runners showed up, although some felt the course was too short.

So the Bainbridge “Ultra” got even more so: 100 miles.

“The drive for the 100-mile distance, for me, was that it’s so hard and the probability of failure high, just getting to the end is a kind of a life accomplishment,” Heiden […]

BURT 100 ‘Ultra’ run raises $5K for Bainbridge Island trailsDouglas2025-02-18T16:23:38-08:00

Neighbors celebrate new Arbor Trail

Neighbors celebrate new Arbor Trail

Trails connect Bainbridge Island parks, schools, neighborhoods, even families.

When Sandra McIver moved to Bainbridge Island, she and her husband settled at West Port Madison, and her daughters and their families at Agate Point – neighborhoods geographically close, yet historically never linked. So even a quick visit from one household to another meant a drive out to the busy highway.

“From the very beginning,” McIver said, “we were looking at Bloedel Reserve (between us) thinking, wouldn’t it be great if there was a trail we could walk? I just thought that was a complete fantasy.”

Today, it’s a reality. The new Arbor Trail links W. Port Madison Road with Dolphin Drive/Agate Loop, the first-ever nonmotorized connection between the two neighborhoods. The trail is a partnership between the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and Bloedel Reserve.

McIver, a member of […]

Neighbors celebrate new Arbor TrailDouglas2025-02-18T16:14:23-08:00

Farm Trail makes colorful autumn debut

Farm Trail makes colorful autumn debut

Long in the planning, Bainbridge Island’s new Farm Trail made a colorful autumn debut against a backdrop of pumpkin patches and grape rows in October.

The half-mile trail runs along the west boundary of the Day Road agricultural district, from Day Road E. to Lovgreen Road. Along the way, trail walkers can enjoy views of rolling, arable fields and some of the island’s most bucolic landscapes.

Completion of the Farm Trail – a three-way partnership of the Parks & Trails Foundation, the City of Bainbridge Island, and Bainbridge Metro Parks – fulfills a longtime plan to connect the Bainbridge Island community more directly with the publicly owned farmland.

“The idea was always that we have a walking trail, so people can see what happens on a farm,” recalls Andy Maron, Parks & Trails Foundation board member, who 20 years ago chaired the City Open Space Commission that helped unify and preserve […]

Farm Trail makes colorful autumn debutDouglas2024-11-27T16:04:21-08:00

Farm Trail dedication is Oct. 25

Farm Trail dedication is Oct. 25

Enjoy an autumn walk and celebrate Bainbridge Island’s newest public trail through the Day Road Farm District, 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will mark the trail dedication at 4 p.m., hosted by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation, the City of Bainbridge Island and Bainbridge Metro Parks.

The new Farm Trail runs from Day Road East to Lovgreen Road, along the west edge of the community farm district, pumpkin patch and historic agricultural lands.

Refreshments and kids activities are planned.

Limited event parking is available at the Grace Church upper lot off Day Road East, and at the Charles Place trailhead.

The Farm Trail is a partnership of the City of Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Metro Parks, and the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation. The Park District built the trail under an agreement with the City. The Parks […]

Farm Trail dedication is Oct. 25Douglas2024-11-15T08:22:13-08:00

Welcome Pole dedication is Oct. 9 on STO Trail

Welcome Pole dedication is Oct. 9 on STO Trail

The community is invited to dedication of the new Suquamish Welcome Pole on Bainbridge Island’s Sound to Olympics Trail, 3 p.m. Oct. 9.

This unique cultural work by Suquamish carver Randi Purser is being gifted from the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation to the City of Bainbridge Island. The pole was funded by community donations to the Parks & Trails Foundation, including a grant from Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island. The City of Bainbridge Island partnered to manage and fund Installation on the STO Trail through the Public Art Fund.

Representing Chief Seattle’s father, the Welcome Pole will inspire all to learn about the rich culture of our Tribal neighbors and acknowledge that Bainbridge Island is the ancestral land of the Suquamish people.

Suquamish Tribal Chairman Leonard Forsman and carver Randi Purser will be honored guests at the dedication, with a reception to follow at Bainbridge Island Museum […]

Welcome Pole dedication is Oct. 9 on STO TrailDouglas2024-10-18T12:26:45-07:00

Take the Summer Walk Challenge!

Take the Summer Walk Challenge!

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Take the Summer Walk Challenge!Douglas2024-07-09T13:26:44-07:00

Trillium Trail Run photo gallery

Trillium Trail Run photo gallery

Trillium Trail Run photo galleryDouglas2024-05-16T14:49:39-07:00

Trillium Trail Run returns May 11

Trillium Trail Run returns May 11

Run for the trails! The Trillium Trail Run 10K/5K and Kids’ Fun Run returns to Bainbridge Island Saturday, May 11, a benefit to acquire, build and maintain new Bainbridge Island trails.

Runners and walkers will enjoy a scenic course from Battle Point Park, along the Forest to Sky Trail, looping among the great firs of the Grand Forest and over scenic Hilltop meadow. Kids can enjoy a FUN RUN as part of the morning activities.

The event is hosted by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation.

Register at www.trilliumtrail.run.

Trillium Trail Run will launch the Foundation’s “Trails Connect Bainbridge Island” campaign, to acquire, build and maintain new trails around the island including: the Lost Valley Trail, nexus of the east-west, cross-island trail route from Winslow to Gazzam Lake; Dolphin Drive to W. Port Madison Trail; Sunny Hill to Nutes Pond Trail; and the […]

Trillium Trail Run returns May 11Douglas2024-05-14T09:54:45-07:00

Ferry walkways to be reused on Puget Sound to Pacific

Ferry walkways to be reused on Puget Sound to Pacific

An elevated walkway being removed from the Colman Dock ferry terminal starting this weekend is bound for re-use on the Puget Sound to Pacific trail corridor – a combination of the Olympic Discovery Trail and Sound to Olympics Trail in Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties.

The temporary walkway comes down as a new, permanent pedestrian bridge has opened from the Washington State Ferries terminal to First Avenue at Marion Street.

Five of the eight segments from the old span, totaling over 350 feet, are being donated to Clallam County and facilitated by the Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative. The bridge segments will be trucked away early Saturday morning and stored near Port Angeles.

The walkway segments will eventually be re-used as multi-use bridges along the Puget Sound to Pacific corridor, a planned 200-mile multi-use trail system from the ferry terminals on Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean at LaPush.

The donation was initiated by […]

Ferry walkways to be reused on Puget Sound to PacificDouglas2023-11-06T09:51:57-08:00