Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City

An updated and expanded new edition of the definitive walking guide to Seattle

One of America’s most walkable cities, Seattle rewards urban trekkers with expansive scenery and architectural and historical riches. The second edition of this acclaimed guidebook offers eighteen walks chosen for interest and easy accessibility. Williams’s compelling stories bring the city to life, revealing often-overlooked details of Seattle’s past and present.

This guide includes:

- easy to follow maps

- in-depth descriptions of places tied to map locations

- sidebars with additional fun facts and advice on side trips

- new walks that focus on the city’s social justice history

Extensively revised and illustrated with full-color maps and photographs, this new edition of Seattle Walks is an invitation to lace up your shoes and embark on some unforgettable urban adventures.

Seattle Walks was made possible in part by a grant from the Michael J. Repass Fund for Northwest Writers.

David B. Williams writes about science and history. His many books include Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound; Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography; Stories in Stone: Travels through Urban Geology; and, with Elizabeth A. Nesbitt, Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State. Williams writes a free weekly newsletter, The Street Smart Naturalist.