- Distance and Travel Time (from downtown Seattle): 1.6 mile (7 min)
- When to Go
Any time of year (Great park to enjoy year round but can be chilly on windy days in winter and spring)
- Things to Do
Enjoy a walk in the park, throw stones in the water from the rocky shore, watch trains, enjoy seasonal blooms, bikes or scooters on the Elliott Bay Trail
- Tips
1) Bikes/scooters must be walked through the up-hill part of the park and can be enjoyed on the Elliott Bay Trail.
2) The 2.4 mile round trip waterside Elliott Bay Trail starting from Olympic Sculpture Park to the public fishing pier is a good distance for young kids to ride bikes/scooters or walk. The trail is currently closed right before the Elliott Bay Park.
3) Elliott Bay Trail is made up of two separate paved trails, one for pedestrians and one for bikers, offering a nice ride or walk without walker and wheels getting mixed up.
4) If you head towards Alaskan Way when you get downhill, you can see the train crossing bar come up and down when the train passes through the street near the Father and Son fountain.
5) Following the trail towards 3rd Ave until you get to the pedestrian bridge that goes over the train tracks and turning back from there makes a good outing – of course, you can follow the trail further depending on how well the kids are doing. Views from the pedestrian bridge are fun, too. (Kids love running up and down the ramp)
Olympic Sculpture Park
Myrtle Edwards Park at Elliott Bay Trail
Elliott Bay Trail at Centennial Park
Pier 86 Grain Terminal
Rose Garden at Elliott Bay Trail
Public Fishing Pier at Elliott Bay Trail
