Head of the Lake
- Nov 8, 2015
- head
- Lake Union, Montlake Cut, Lake Washington
- Seattle, WA (USA)
- Hosted By: Lake Washington Rowing Club
- 2016 Registered Regatta
TRAILER PARKING
Due to a Husky home football game on November 7th, parking on Saturday in E-1 and E-18 will not be possible. If you are attending the Frostbite Regatta, overnight trailer parking on Saturday will be available at Greenlake.
If you are arriving with a boat trailer for HOTL, you MUST contact Michael Cheung at: idaridar@gmail.com or at 206-909-4097 and provide him with your contact information.
On Sunday morning, trailers may start arriving at 4:45 AM. (North Gate will be open) You MUST enter from the NORTH gate of lot E-1 to reach lot E-18. No trailers will be allowed to enter through the south gate of E-18. Please review the Parking Map... for detail. You may park the trailer near the front of lot E-18 to unload equipment. Please do not block cars or other trailers. ALL trailers must remain parked in lot E-18 during the regatta. You may unload your boats in E-18 and walk them to the shellhouse for rigging in Lot E-8 or the wood chips area.
CAR TOPPED SHELLS
Due to congestion at Conibear Shellhouse, car topped boats must launch and recover from the Waterfront Activities Center (WAC) near the old Canoe House on the south side of Husky Stadium (Parking Lot E-12). The perimeter road between the docks and the WAC parking lot are for loading/unloading only. Do not leave your vehicles on this road or they will be towed and/or ticketed.
BUS PARKING
ALL BUSES NEED TO ENTER THE E-1 PARKING LOT AT THE NORTH ENTRANCE. The turn at the south entrance cannot be navigated by a bus.
CAR PARKING
Cars can park in E-1 or E-18. The cost of parking is $10.00.
DIRECTIONS
Directions to E-12 (Car Top Boats) 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-18 (Trailers, Busses, Cars) 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-18 (Trailers, Busses, Cars) 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.
Directions to 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.