Field trip: GoWalk!: Beginner Urban Walking Series
January GoWalk! Urban Walks: 3 to 6 miles, 300 to 600 feet of elevation gain - Seattle Olmsted 50: Section 5, Loop
This GoWalk! L3 January morning Urban Walk follows Seattle Olmsted 50 Section 5 Loop from Stan Sayres Memorial Park via Columbia neighborhood and Genesee Pk back to the start. We'll likely stop for a bookstore coffee/snack en route.
Contacts
- Sun, Jan 25, 2026
- Seattle Urban Walk Committee
- Urban Walking
- All Who Qualify, Adults
- Easy/Moderate
- Easy
- Mileage: 4.1 mi
- Elevation Gain: 449 ft
- Pace: 1.5 to 2.0 mph
- 10 (10 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
- Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Participation in 2 Urban Walks each month is required of GoWalk! participants. Enrollment in additional walks is encouraged, as space permits.L3 Urban Walks open for registration on Friday, December 5th at 6:00am. Register for a second urban walk Friday, December 13.
This Loop follows Lk Washington shoreline to nearly Seward Park, then swings W and N to walk past Third Place Books (we'll stop in for a snack and ??). We wrap up by heading into Genesee Park down some little known (and used) stairs to return to Stan Sayres Memorial Park.
Meet shortly before 8am at the Stan Sayers Memorial Park and boat launch on Lk Washington Blvd S. Free parking unless the early morning rowers have taken all the spaces. Other on street parking nearby. Bus #7, #9 stop nearby on S Genesee St. And bus #50 stops near Seward Park.
Seattle Olmsted Circuit: Ballard Locks to Rainier Beach to Ballard Locks
Required Equipment
You will receive a Hello Walker email from your trip leader prior to your selected urban walk that will provide you with details for the outing that you selected.