THERE IS NO SATURDAY TRAILER PARKING AT THE UW THIS YEAR DUE TO A HUSKY FOOTBALL GAME.
LOT E-1 WILL BE OFF LIMITS TO US UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
TRAILERS
If you are bringing a trailer to the regatta you MUST contact Michael Cheung at: trailers@headofthelake.org or by phone at 206-909-4097. Please provide him with your contact imformation. It may be necessary to provide you with updated parking instructions and it also allows us to monitor the number of trailers that will be arriving.
**Trailers may arrive and start parking on Lot E-1, just north of Conibear Shellhouse and the IMA on Sunday morning at 5 am. You may unload yur boats in this area and walk them up towards the shellhouse for rigging in Lot E-8 or in the “wood chips” area.
Lot E-8 and the wood chips area are for shells only– NO trailers!
CAR TOPPING
Car topped boats are highly encouraged to launch and recover from the Waterfront Activities Center near the old Canoe House on the south side of Husky Stadium (Parking Lot E-12). Please note: the perimeter road between the docks and parking lot are for loading/unloading only. Do not leave your vehicles on this road or you will be towed and/or ticketed.
SPECTATORS
There will be numerous parking lots surrounding Conibear Shellhouse. Spectators may use lots E-1 and E-12.
Do not park in the following areas:
- E-11 No parking due to ongoing construction
- E-6 parking is not allowed. All vehicles will be towed from lot E-6
- E-8 will be availble for boat rigging only (parking lot next to Conibear Shellhouse)
NOTE:
There will be no trailer parking or launching for out-of-town crews at the Pocock Rowing Center. (This is purely a safety issue)
DIRECTIONS
Get maps to the University of Washington Campus
E1 and E12 Parking Lots:
Directions to E-12 from Highway 520: Take the Montlake Boulevard exit. Continue north on Montlake Boulevard, crossing the drawbridge. Turn right into the Husky Stadium parking lot adjacent to NE Pacific Street.
Directions to E-1 from I-5: Take the NE 45th Street exit (exit #169) from I-5 and continue east on NE 45th Street approximately 1.4 miles to Mary Gates Memorial Drive. Turn right onto Mary Gates Memorial Drive. Go one block and turn right onto Clark Road. At the end of Clark Road you will find the entrance to the E1 lot.
Directions to E-1 from Highway 520: Take the Montlake Boulevard exit. Continue north on Montlake Boulevard, crossing the drawbridge. You will pass Husky Stadium and Hec Edmundson Pavilion on your right. When the road forks, bear right to stay on Montlake Boulevard. Turn right at Mary Gates Memorial Drive. Go one block and turn right onto Clark Road. At the end of Clark Road you will find the entrance to the E-1 lot.
Lake Washington Rowing Club:
From I-5 N or S: Take exit 169 – NE 45th St / University of Washington exit, and head west on 45th. Continue to Stone Way N (less than one mile). Turn left (south) on Stone Way and continue for approximately a mile. Go past the last light, at 34th Ave N and Stone Way and veer right (west), onto N. Northlake Way. The boathouse will be on your right, about a third of a mile down.
From 520: Exit at Montlake. Cross the Montlake bridge and get take a left (heading West) at NE Pacific St. Pacific turns into N Pacific which meets N. Northlake Way at 36th St. Follow Northlake Way approximately 1.4 miles. Do not follow the arterial to Stone Way. Instead continue straight on N. Northlake. The boathouse will be on your right, approximately 1/3 mile down the road
*If coming across the Fremont Bridge from Queen Anne, turn right onto N 34th Street immediately after the bridge, then take your first right down the steep hill directly underneath the Aurora Bridge (entrance to Adobe). Take a left at the stop sign. The boathouse will be on your right.