Elliott Bay Bike Trail

November 8, 9:53 AMSeattle Walking ExaminerDawne Adam

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Alexander Calder's Eagle

Seattle Art Museum

Climbing hills is all well and good, but sometimes the straight path is the best. If you take the Interbay Bike Path’s left fork, you will be on what is also called the Pier 91 Bike Path. Follow it for about 7/10ths of a mile, until you get to Magnolia Bridge, and you will find yourself on the Elliott Bay Bike Trail, which also accommodates walkers and is one of the nicest pathways in Seattle. For the next mile and a half, the path winds its way along the bay, and you have, to your right, spectacular views of Elliott Bay, the ships in port, the seagulls and murres, and Bainbridge Island in the distance. To your left, you will find, among other sights, a recently restored Tlingit totem pole, and further on, a rose garden with a few tenacious blooms still fluttering. Continue on, and you will have left the path and entered Myrtle Edwards Park, the beginning of Seattle’s downtown waterfront and home to the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. You can wander around here for some time, taking in Richard Serra’s Wake and Alexander Calder’s Eagle for starters. How you return home is up to you, whether on foot or via Seattle Metro – busses are easily accessible from this point.

Miles roundtrip (with a detour to Seattle Center): 4.38
Steps: 10,293
Calories: 290
Time required: about 3 hours