Sand Point is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named after and consisting mostly of the Sand Point peninsula that juts into Lake Washington, which is itself largely given over to Magnuson Park. Its southern boundary can be said to be N.E. 65th Street, beyond which are Windermere and Hawthorne Hills; its northern boundary, N.E. 95th Street, beyond which is Lake City. The western limit of the neighborhood, beyond which are View Ridge and Wedgwood, is not fixed and can be said to be anywhere up the hill that extends west from Sand Point Way N.E. as far as 35th Avenue N.E. It is also the former home of Seattle Naval Air Station.
The pearl of the Sand Point community is the Burke Gilman Trail. The trail starts at Gas Works park and passes by the University of Washington along the shores of Lake Washington through the Sand Point neighborhood and eventually ending up in Redmond’s Marymoor Park. The trail is a favorite for runners, walkers, skaters and commuters of all ages.
