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Secrets of Seattle’s Historic Shoreline Walking Tour

Name: Secrets of Seattle’s Historic Shoreline Walking Tour
Start: 2026-11-03T18:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-03T20:00:00.000Z
Location: Alaskan Way & Lenora Street; tour ends at Occidental Park

On Nov. 3, naturalist David B. Williams leads a two-hour walk from Alaskan Way and Lenora Street to Occidental Park, following traces of former bluffs, a lost island and buried fill.

n.Seattle / Event informationDetails checked Nov 1, 2026

WHEN

Tuesday, Nov 3, 202610:00 AM – 12:00 PMView schedule & details ↓

WHEREAlaskan Way & Lenora Street; tour ends at Occidental Park2101 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121View map & directions ↓

ADMISSIONFree; advance Eventbrite reservation required. Group size is limited; tickets are released two weeks before each tour.Recommended for ages 4 and older; the route includes uneven ground and steep inclines and may lack elevator access.

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A guide with a yellow backpack addresses a group on a paved waterfront plaza, with downtown buildings behind them. — Organizer imagery; archive/undated. Photo by Jo Cosme, courtesy Friends of Waterfront Park.

WHEN TO GO

Dates & times

All times are local to the venue · America/Los Angeles

Tuesday, Nov 3, 202610:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Session & booking times

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 10:00–12:00. Eventbrite advises arriving 15 minutes early for check-in. The official page lists this as the final date in its 2026 series; no later run is announced.

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Seattle’s Altered Shoreline: A Walking Tour with David B. Williams

Seattle’s downtown waterfront is built on terrain the city reshaped: hills were removed, tide flats filled and the shoreline remade. This walk follows clues to that older landscape and considers how changes below the surface still affect the city today.

Following a changed landscape

The route’s subjects span more than one kind of evidence: remnants of the former downtown bluffs, the lost island of Seattle and subterranean fill. The tour examines how that fill continues to affect the modern landscape, connecting the history of making new ground with the terrain people encounter now.

That focus makes this a geology walk grounded in the city rather than a tour centered on waterfront buildings. It is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, the final date listed in Friends of Waterfront Park’s 2026 series.

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A guide speaks to a group gathered on a waterfront pier, with the water and tents behind them. — Organizer imagery; undated. Photo by Jo Cosme, courtesy Friends of Waterfront Park. Credit: waterfrontparkseattle.org.

A naturalist’s lens on city ground

David B. Williams is an author, naturalist and tour guide whose work connects geology with everyday life. That perspective fits a walk about both large-scale changes to Seattle’s topography and the effects of buried material beneath the present-day landscape.

A guide speaks to listeners in a landscaped area, seen between two people in the foreground. — Organizer imagery; archive/undated. Photo by Jo Cosme, courtesy Friends of Waterfront Park. Credit: waterfrontparkseattle.org.

THE PROGRAMME, AT A GLANCE

Three traces of Seattle’s former terrain

The advertised subjects move from the old downtown edge to a lost island and buried fill, linking the shoreline’s past to the landscape above it today.

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · Alaskan Way & Lenora Street to Occidental Park

10:00–12:00Guided shoreline-history walking tour with naturalist David B. Williams

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BEFORE YOU GO

Before you set out

Date and time

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.–noon

This is the last date listed in the organizer’s 2026 series. Eventbrite asks participants to arrive 15 minutes early for check-in.

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Route

About 1.5 miles, ending at Occidental Park

Meet at the waterfront intersection of Dzidzilalich (Alaskan Way) and Lenora Street, listed at 2101 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121. The walk ends at Occidental Park.

Eventbrite describes the route as about 1.5 miles, including roughly two flights of stairs. The full session is outdoors, so dress for the weather.

Registration

Reserve a free ticket in advance

Group size is limited, and a free Eventbrite reservation is required. Tickets for each tour date are released two weeks beforehand; Eventbrite’s “Remind Me” option can send an email when tickets become available.

TRAVEL & ARRIVAL

Meeting point and route

Start at Alaskan Way and Lenora Street

The meeting point is the waterfront intersection of Dzidzilalich (Alaskan Way) and Lenora Street, listed at 2101 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121. The walk finishes at Occidental Park.

The Eventbrite map offers driving, public-transit, biking and walking directions that can be calculated from your starting point; the listing does not provide mode-specific route details.

Route conditions

The approximately 1.5-mile route includes about two flights of stairs. The organizer warns of uneven ground, steep inclines and possible lack of elevator access. Contact [email protected] with accommodation questions or requests.

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