by Charles Hickenbottom
Editors Note: As one of the largest employers in Wenatchee, Confluence Health is a major destination, improving bicycle access to its campuses benefits employees, patients, and visitors alike. This guide highlights practical routes, safety considerations, and current bike parking conditions to make riding between locations and to each campus more approachable. We encourage riders to reference the BikeWenatcheeValley.org map resources.
Charles Hickenbottom is the author of Greater Wenatchee Bicycle Routes – A History Told Through Maps, Drawings, and Pictures (2021). The book is available for purchase through the Wenatchee Valley Museum, and can be checked out from North Central Washington Libraries. Rights to the book have been donated to the museum.
Hickenbottom has served for 28 years on local bicycle advisory boards and committees. For most of two decades he commuted by bicycle to Lewis & Clark Elementary School from his home near Chase Park. Most of his errands around town are done by bicycle. Since finishing the history book, he has completed numerous informational articles for the Wenatchee Outdoors website, focusing his efforts toward education pertinent to bicycling around Wenatchee.
Bicycling to Confluence Health in Wenatchee- Routes and Parking
