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West Trails There are some things you can only see when you go by foot. Use this map to find those things, and choose your route based on time and trail type. When you walk--to work, school, the store, or a park--you are improving your health, building community, and keeping our air and water clean.

Take pictures of what you see on your walks! Send them to Feet First by emailing [email protected] Receive more information or a printed walking map by calling 206.652.2310 or visiting www.feetfirst.org

Urban Walking Trail Transects / Elevation Changes

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<<<< 775loop Statue of Liberty Alki Community Center Public Art <<<< ViewpointPublic Art 775 loop Belvedere Playground Park Viewpoint Log House Museum CommunityPlayground Garden <<<< HARBOR Dog ParkCommunity Garden ALKI Play FieldDog Park ISLAND Baseball 775 Landscape Amenities & DesPlaytina Fieldtions & BasketballBaseball Bar-S Transit connections Community Resources Playground <<<< Public BasketballFishing loop HeritagePublic Tree Fishing 773 Track HeritagePublic Tree Art only Viewpoint Madison TennisTrack Schmitz Elementary Middle School SwimmingPlayground Pool Park Tennis <<<< <<<< <<<< WadingSwimming PoolCommunity Pool Garden Beach WadingAccessDog Park Pool <<<< <<<< GroceryBeach Store Access Cormorant Cove Play Field loop Farmer’sGrocery Market Store <<<< ZipcarFarmer’s SpotBaseball Market

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Gatewood Elementary <<<< 1 Myrtle Reservoir Park

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Around the HIGHLAND SW Community Center PARK Colman Pool Sealth Teen Health Center <<<< Denny Wellness Center SOUTH PARK SW Community Center <<<< SW Swimming Pool <<<< Highland Park FAUNTLEE HILLS Playground

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<<<< te <<<< Rou Kilbourne Created By: Park to the on Ferry Fauntleroy Vash Center Around the “Little White Center Triangle Bridge” <<<< WHITE Roxbury Clinic White Center CDA 60 CENTER Dep. Social and Sponsored By: ARBOR HEIGHTS Health Services <<<<

<<<< <<<< <<<< Around the White Center GreenBridge Plaza Transit Hub Routes: 22, 23, 54, 60, 113,<<<< 120, 125, Greenbridge Library <<<< 128, 133, 560 Boys and Girls Club YWCA Learning Center Neighborhood House

See other side of this kiosk for scale version of this neighborhood map. West Seattle Events Get involved The Neighborhoods of West Seattle West Seattle is composed of many neighborhoods, each with their unique style and charm. Some offer the June locally: bustle of many small local businesses and others offer quiet beaches and scenic viewpoints. Below are short www.youngstownarts.org/summer-institute Morgan Festival West Seattle District Councils descriptions of the neighborhoods. Words cannot do them justice; give them a wander and experience all they www.morganjunction.org Summer Concerts at Hiawatha Delridge District Council have to offer. End of July - beginning of September www.anasummerconcerts.wordpress.com Southwest District Council Admiral The Admiral neighborhood is located at the lining Fauntleroy Way. A prominent feature is Fairmount Pigeon Point Pigeon Point is the northern July north end of West Seattle on a promontory. The area Playground, sited in the lowlands adjacent to one of the promontory of Puget Ridge, the easternmost ridgeline West Seattle Farmers Market West Seattle Community Councils boasts a stable and vital commercial center, providing ridges which defines this valley area. Area residents benefit of the West Seattle Peninsula. This neighborhood, a West Seattle Summer Fest Year Round - Every Sunday a focal point at the intersection of Admiral Way and SW from easy access to the west to California Avenue SW, West collection of early Craftsman and Bungalow homes, is 10am - 2pm Admiral Neighborhood Association www.westseattlefestival.com California Avenue. Amenities include: The Hiawatha Seattle’s “Main Street,” and a short climb east to Camp a compact, completely tree-covered enclave with views Located at the Alaska Junction Long, High Point Community Center and playground. www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/markets/west_seattle Alki Community Council Community Center and Playground, the West Seattle of West Seattle, the Harbor, Downtown, the Duwamish Pirates Landing@ Alki Library, Schmitz Park – 53 acres of primary forest Waterway and both Olympic and Cascade mountain www.seafairpirates.org/PiratesLanding West Seattle Art Walk Fairmount Community Association donated by an early Admiral landowner, and several Fauntleroy Fauntleroy sits astride both ranges. Its proximity to the Spoikane Low Bridge, outstanding viewpoint areas providing unique views of and Fauntleroy Cove, into which runs Fauntleroy Creek, Longfellow Creek, and West Marginal-Green River Trails West Seattle Garden Tour Year Round - Every 2nd Thursday Fauntleroy Community Association westseattleartwalk.blogspot.com and Seattle’s downtown. The area contains one of many restored salmon creeks in West Seattle. makes it a natural crossroads. Just down the hill is the www.westseattlegardentour.com Genesee Schmitz Neighborhood some of the city’s finest early examples of Craftsman The neighborhood provides access to beaches on the Delridge neighborhood core with restaurants, clubs, homes. western side adjacent to the Vashon and shops and coffee shops, and access to the bike and Alki Skate Night Council West Seattle Grand Parade May - September - Every Wednesday (Southworth) ferry dock, rising quickly up steep hills to the walking trail. meet at 6:30 pm www.thewestseattleparade.com High Point Neighborhood Association Alaska Junction The Alaska Junction is West east. Originally an “end-o-line” for a streetcar, the area has 1660 Harbor Ave SW Seattle’s “downtown” and California Avenue SW is the many parks and pleasant, tree-lined streets with great views Puget Ridge This long established community 206-953-0237 Alki Art Fair Highland Park Action Committee area’s “Main Street.” In addition to the many of the Sound and Olympic Mountains, and a small and sits on the easternmost ridge of West Seattle and well-used commercial district. www.home.comcast.net/alkiartfair Outdoor Movie Night Junction Neighborhood Organization amenities and shops along California, the area is home to includes tree-lined 16th and 18th Avenues, both July - August several thousand residents, who enjoy “walk anywhere” offering outstanding views of the and 4410 California Ave SW Morgan Community Association convenience. The residents work with businesses to host Genesee The Genesee neighborhood lies immediately Seattle Harbor and Downtown. The neighborhood www.wsmovies.org events and maintain the area with clean-up crews, and west of Alaska Junction and consists of both Genesee includes both schools and easy access to South August North Delridge Neighborhood Council continue to add new street amenities such as benches, Valley and Genesee Hill. Both these areas offer territorial Seattle Community College. The southern edge of the Arts in Nature Festival at Camp Long Pigeon Point Neighborhood Council small parks and landscaping. The annual 3-day West views of the West Seattle Peninsula and are single-family neighborhood features Riverview Park, an expansive www.naturec.org/festival Seattle Street Festival – West Seattle Street Fest – is held neighborhoods on tree-lined and very low traffic streets. playground and natural area with trails leading down to Sunrise Heights Neighborhood here the second week of July. Genesee Hill area also offers expansive views of Puget the river. Association Sound, including views up the Bainbridge Island coast Alki Alki was the area where the first settlers of Seattle as well as a complete panoramic view of the Olympic Riverview Riverview neighborhood sits atop September Westwood Neighborhood Council landed. When West Seattle was annexed to Seattle in Mountains. A number of viewpoint areas located in Puget Ridge, between South Seattle Community Junction Car Show 1907, Alki and Alki Beach were still remote areas from cul-de-sacs allow visitors to track boat traffic. College to the north and the Riverview Playfield to the www.wsjunctioncarshow.com the rest of the city; this allowed this area to develop south. A trail connects the playfield through the West for more information contact: slowly, featuring small beach bungalows along the High Point Named for its location on Seattle’s highest Duwamish Greenbelt to West Marginal Way and the www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods extensive shoreline and beach areas. Today, Alki and Alki hill, High Point has been redeveloped into a sustainable and river valley below. The area is a tree-lined single-family Beach are home to both single-family and apartment/ green neighborhood by a consortium of public and private neighborhood with parks and schools interspersed. (206) 615-0494 October condo dwellers who relish the short walks to the beach developers. The area offers a rich array of parks, open Many of the roads in this area offer outstanding [email protected] International Walk to School Day and parks; an integral element of this north slope and spaces and recreation and education facilities. Streets are territorial views. The neighborhood is among the city’s First Wednesday in October beach area of West Seattle. tree-lined and, because of the elevation, offer outstanding most wooded areas. www.feetfirst.org views of the harbor and , both set against a stunning backdrop featuring the Cascade mountain range, Arbor Heights Arbor Heights sits atop the South Park Originally its own town alongside the Dragonfly Pavilion including Mt. Baker. Repeating/Ongoing Events southern ridge point on West Seattle’s west side just Duwamish River, South Park is a riverside community at Longfellow Creek south of Fauntleroy. The area is high in elevation and Entrance: 28th with a small and growing downtown, which include a Summer Institute offers outstanding views west and south of Puget Sound, Highland Park (South Delridge) new library and community center. The area is a river- End of July - August Avenue SW and SW Vashon and Blake Islands, and shipping traffic headed Dakota Street Highland Park sits astride West Seattle’s eastern-most ridge oriented community with tree-lined streets dead-ending for the Port of Tacoma. The south end of Arbor Heights with tree-lined streets offering territorial views of West right at the river’s edge, offering many pleasant and has many arroyas and natural areas including Seola Park, Seattle and the Duwamish Waterway. The neighborhood unique walks in a small area along with newly restored which sits in a secluded and natural area at the south features South Seattle Community College, with its river landing parks. end and includes beach access. arboretum and Chinese Gardens at the north end and the commercial and dining district of White Center at the south Westwood Westwood sits on either side of the Priority Trails West Seattle has an extensive network of trails; these “trails” are a combination of established Delridge Delridge sits between the Longfellow Creek end. In between these are multiple access areas which Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail in a large and relatively park trails; favorite stretches of sidewalk along a road, calm streets without sidewalks, primitive dirt and gravel trails. Take the whole day or valley to the west and Puget Ridge to the east. The north lead to a collection of area parks and the largest greenbelt flat valley. Many of the area’s recreational facilities are just a couple of hours to explore these trails. Use the map on the other side to gauge distance and time. end being called Youngstown after an old steel mill town in the city – the West Duwamish Greenbelt. Just down the within an easy walk, including the Southwest Athletic in Ohio. The area was historically a working class enclave Greenbelt, on West Marginal Way, is the Duwamish Tribal Complex, Denny International Middle School and Sealth for Boeing and steel plant workers and is experiencing Longhouse, a ceremonial meeting place. International High School. The area also features West a renaissance with new cultural and park facilities. The Park, the Duwamish Tribal Longhouse, Thistle Street Seattle’s only shopping center – Westwood Village. River to Sound Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail ends in this neighborhood. Morgan Junction Morgan Junction is located at Directly across from the shopping center lies Roxhill and access to restored shoreline Park Boulevard On its way to Elliott Bay, the creek flows openly through Pathway the intersection of Fauntleroy Way SW, California Avenue Park, Longfellow Creek begins its flow north in this areas. From the southern end at the First This route is a good south east-west several magnificent little parks adjacent to the Delridge SW and SW Morgan Street. The neighborhood contains a restored peat bog. This trans-peninsular trail is a direct Avenue Bridge, the trail continues as the connector, offering amazing views espe- Community Center. commercial district and also has many scenic destinations, walking link from the southeast to the Green River Trail through South Park and cially on the west-end. The trail connects which host expansive views toward Puget Sound and White Center White Center (Seattle & un- downtown Seattle. Morgan Junction is home to many northwest, and passes over three ridges, beyond to Kent. two of West Seattle’s largest parks – West- Fairmont The Fairmount (and Fairmount Springs) incorporated King County) is one of Puget Sound’s and three watersheds. The trail passes neighborhoods are located on the east and west sides of the peninsula’s great parks including Myrtle Reservoir most diverse cultural and ethnic areas. Parks surround Mileage: 2.0 miles to First Avenue Bridge crest and Lincoln, and also connects the Park, Lincoln Park, Solstice Park, Lowman Beach Park, and some of West Seattle’s greatest treasures of Fauntleroy Way SW in one of West Seattle’s many this multi-national urban village and include Westcrest Approximate Amount of Time: Highland Park neighborhood, Westwood valleys. The neighborhood is tree-lined and consists of Morgan Junction urban park. Park and White Center Park. In the summer months, including: Puget Sound, the Longfellow 45 minutes from Spokane St. to First Village, the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail, mostly single-family housing with apartments and condos the area hosts a multiple-venue music festival the Legacy Creek Trail, the High Point Com- Avenue Bridge, mostly flat. Sealth International High School, Denny second Friday of each month. munity, the Graham Street Greenway, International Middle School, and the Lincoln Park, Riverview Trail, the Green Barton/Henderson Street Southwest Community Center. Crescent Trail, and the Duwamish River Park Boulevard Mileage: Just under 2.0 miles bike and walking Trail. Although at times a busy street, Barton Approximate Amount of Time: A leisurely NOTE: The staircases are very steep, so this trail is Street connects many green spaces and 45 minutes, a brisk 30 minutes. Adopt-a-Kiosk Program not recommended for strollers or people with physical challenges. contains only one staircase. This route Mileage: 3.0 miles connects Westcrest Park, Westwood The Adopt-a-Kiosk program is to post information and events Approximate Amount of Time: Shopping Center, the Longfellow Creek key: an opportunity for residents, happening in their neighborhood. 90 minutes (based on elevation change Legacy Trail, Roxhill Park, and Fauntleroy not distance) Park. businesses owners, community We invite you to Adopt-a-Kiosk shops and view- woodland beach Mileage: 2.25 miles restaurants point area access Morgan Junction Approximate Amount of Time: groups, and others to adopt one to make sure they stay free of Loop Trail 45 minutes of the neighborhood wayfinding damage and graffiti. This is a loop trail connecting Morgan Junction, Orchard Street Ravine, Solstice Schmitz Park kiosks in West Seattle. Park, Lincoln Park, and Lowman Beach to Alki Beach To learn more about the Park. This trail is packed with views, woodland The first neighborhood Mileage: 2.5 miles Adopt-a-Kiosk program, contact: walks, shops and restaurants, and beach wayfinding kiosks in West Seattle Approximate Amount of Time: About an access and starts at one of Seattle’s only hour to circumnavigate the loop in any remaining stands of native fir. The trail were developed with funds from direction. ends at the landing area on the City of Seattle Department Feet First Alki Beach. Duwamish to Mileage: slightly over half a mile of Neighborhoods. Each kiosk 206-652-2310 or Spokane Way Approximate Amount of Time: Avenue Bridge, following West Marginal 45 minutes based on grade and elevation provides a place for neighbors [email protected] Way. Along this path are many of the change. area’s marine resources, including T-105

Feet First Neighborhoods on Foot Community Resources Safe Routes Feet First is an advocacy organization to School promoting walkable communities. We help Map Series Neighborhood Walking people take steps to create better places Camp Long Southwest Youth & Family Services Ambassadors lead walks that Safe Routes to School (SRTS) to live, learn, shop, work, and play - a www.seattle.gov/parks - (206) 684-7434 www.swyfs.org - (206) 937-7680 inspire, connect and inform the programs aim to increase the world that cares about health, community, community about neighborhood number of students walking and design and the environment. CoolMom Sustainable West Seattle (SWS) assets. biking to school safely. Today, only www.coolmom.org - (206) 280-2828 Our Neighborhoods on Foot Map Series West www.sustainablewestseattle.org 13 percent of North American engage community members, make it Become a Neighborhood (206) 973-7374 children walk or bike to school. easier for people to walk, and educate Walking Ambassador. As Delridge Neighborhoods Development Just 40 years ago, that number neighbors about local issues. Contact us a Neighborhood Walking Association (DNDA) for copies of other neighborhood maps in Seattle was at 48 percent nationwide. Did West Seattle Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, you’ll www.dnda.org - (206) 923-0917 you know 44 percent of school Seattle and surrounding areas. www.wschamber.com - (206) 932-5685 organize walks around your children are driven to school? The neighborhood that are themed, www.feetfirst.org Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition more parents drive their children Trails West Seattle Farmers Market interpretive events 1.5 to 2 www.duwamishcleanup.org emailing [email protected] www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org hours in length. Bring your to school, the less safe it becomes calling (206) 652-2310 (206) 954-0218 neighbors together and expose for those children walking, and them to the wonder of walking West Seattle Junction Association the fewer parents allow their King County Food and Fitness in their own neighborhood, Support for this map was provided by: www.wsjunction.com - (206) 935-0904 children to walk. In this way, the Initiative while improving personal and area around the school becomes National Park Service www.kcffi.org - (206) 205-3186 environmental health. progressively less safe for people. West Seattle Library (NPS) www.spl.org - (206) 684-7444 More people out walking means Kiwanis Club of West Seattle With the Seattle School District The NPS’s Rivers, Trails, and www.kiwaniswestseattle.org more eyes on the street and Conservation Assistance Program supports bolsters neighborhood pride moving towards neighborhood (206) 938-8032 West Seattle Lions community-based conservation programs and social connections. These schools, Safe Routes to Wayfinding Kiosk at the Alaska Junction www.wslions.com - (206) 932-0971 by providing technical assistance. walks are intended to build School provides a healthy and The Nature Consortium (TNC) local advocacy, supporting environmentally friendly way to www.naturec.org - (206) 923-0853 White Center Community more walkable and livable get children to school. Contact us to Development Association (WCCDA) Printing for this map was provided by: communities. involve your school with Safe Routes www.wccda.org - (206) 694-1082 Neighborhood House (High Point Center) to School. www.nhwa.org - (206) 588-4900 Contact us to learn about YMCA upcoming trainings. www.feetfirst.org www.seattleymca.org - (206) 935-6000 Rotary Club of West Seattle emailing [email protected] westseattlerotary.org (206) 718-9401 www.feetfirst.org calling (206) 652-2310 Youngstown Cultural Arts Center emailing [email protected] Senior Center of West Seattle (206) 935-2999 calling (206) 652-2310 www.sc-ws.org - (206) 932-4044 www.youngstownarts.org

Take the bus to all of these locations: Neighborhood Walking Ambassadors South Seattle Community College Promoting Walkable Communities www.southseattle.edu - (206) 764-5300 www.metro.kingcounty.gov