Cross Kirkland Corridor

{{short description|Suburban rail trail}}

{{Infobox hiking trail

| name = Cross Kirkland Corridor

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| caption = Cross Kirkland Corridor route in red (Eastside Rail Corridor route in blue)

| location = Kirkland, Washington

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| length = {{convert|5.75|mi|km|abbr=on}}

| trailheads = near South Kirkland Park and Ride, near Carillon Point, Lake View Elementary/central Houghton, Feriton Spur Park (Google), Sixth St. S., NE 85th St., 7th Avenue (Picadilly), Peter Kirk Elementary/Cotton Hill Park, Crestwoods Park, NE 112th St., Kirkland Justice Center, Totem Lake area (4)

| use = Hiking/Biking

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| highest = {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}, Kirkland near Peter Kirk Elem.

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| ROW = Northern Pacific's "Belt Line" and Burlington Northern's Woodinville Subdivision

| website = {{url|https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Cross-Kirkland-Corridor}}

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Cross Kirkland Corridor is a {{convert|5.75|mi|adj=on}} rail trail{{citation|title=The Cross Kirkland Corridor is here to stay!|author=McKayla J Dunfey|publisher=Cascade Bicycle Club|work=official blog|date=January 12, 2015|url=https://www.cascade.org/blog/2015/01/cross-kirkland-corridor-here-stay}} and linear park in the city of Kirkland, Washington. It is Kirkland's segment of the multi-city Eastside Rail Corridor on the Eastside Seattle suburbs.[http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/kirkland-cross-corridor-trail Cross Kirkland Corridor] at Washington Trails Association official website. Accessed 2017-08-23.[http://mtsgreenway.org/our-work/outdoor-recreation/regional-trails/cross-kirkland-corridor/cross-kirkland-corridor-2 Cross Kirkland Corridor] at Mountains to Sound Greenway official website. Accessed 2017-08-23.[https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places/cross-kirkland-corridor-trail Cross Kirkland Corridor] at The Mountaineers official website. Accessed 2017-08-23.

After acquisition, the corridor was approved by the city for future light rail and other transit use.{{citation|title=Council votes to endorse transit on Cross Kirkland Corridor|date=January 20, 2016|author=Lynn Thompson|newspaper=The Seattle Times|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/eastside/council-votes-to-endorse-transit-on-cross-kirkland-corridor/}}