
Trip
Day Hike - Mercer Island: Mercerdale Hillside & I-90 Sculpture Parks
This early evening hike provides stair and forest trail up and down through Mercerdale City Park plus a stroll through the Mercer Island I90 Sculpture Garden
- Info
- COVID-19: Learn about our most up-to-date guidance for participants and leaders on our COVID-19 Response page. All participants and leaders must agree to the COVID-19 Code of Conduct before participating in this Mountaineers activity.
- Tue, Oct 10, 2017
- Seattle Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking, Urban Adventure
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.9 mi
- Elevation Gain: 830 ft
- 9 (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet shortly before 6pm at the intersection of Southeast 32nd St and 74th Ave Southeast -- just to the west of Mercerdale Park. Use the intersection --not Mercerdale Field -- if mapping software is providing directions. Most streets dead end east and west of the hilly park.
Early evening hikes in the city call for headlamps and urban variations on the 10 essentials. No cotton, please, but reflective items add to our safety crossing city streets. Sunset is 6:30 pm, civil twilight a half hour later. Smaller umbrellas are OK, too.
Participants familiar with Mercer Island's history, architecture, urban horticulture or other insights to our route are welcome to help with the narration. Pace will adjust to hikers' comfort and fitness level -- this is not a marathon but a reasonable level of fitness is assumed for about 4 miles with at least 330 steps up and 525 steps down. Elevation gain and loss about 830'.
The hike is the 23rd of 24 planned hikes from Seattle Stairway Walks. The Mercerdale hillside trails offer botanical, avian and architsectural delights plus some prime walking territory. This the enhanced version of the Mercer Island: Mercerdale Hillside #25 in Seattle Stairway Walks (2013).
Check out the Seattle Stairways blog here: http://www.seattlestairwaywalks.com/. And Discovering Seattle Parks (Westerlind, 2017 Mountaineers Books) is a wonderful guide to our city and nearby regional parks systems.
Mercer Island: Mercerdale Hillside & I-90 Sculpture Parks
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Seattle City Map - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- Navigation
- Sun protection
- Insulation (extra clothing)
- Illumination
- First aid supplies
- Fire
- Repair kit and tools, including knife
- Nutrition (extra food)
- Hydration (extra water)
- Emergency shelter