Oct 1, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
It’s Walk-n-Talk time again. Let’s begin the month of October by heading north from Burien Town Square into and around the Chelsea Park Neighborhood, and then back. Other times, we’ve found these scenic gems in the neighborhood: Dottie Harper Park,...
Sep 12, 2026 | City of Burien, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Please join us as we return to lovely Seahurst Park this month on Wednesday, September 16th at 9am. We’ll meet next to the playground by the beach, and walk up the service road, a steady climb to the top of the park. To return, we’ll travel through the...
Sep 3, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Come stroll North SeaTac Park and the beautiful gardens on Sunday, September 6, 2026 for our monthly WABI Walk-n-Talk. We’ll meet at the entry of the SeaTac Community Center and make a loop north through North SeaTac Park. After our walking loop, we’ll...
Aug 19, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walking
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers will enjoy the August walk along part of the Green River Trail. Date and Time:We’ll meet a few minutes before 10:00 on Saturday, 8/22/2026 Meeting Place:Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent Directions:The closest address for the...
Aug 15, 2026 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
You are welcome to join the WABI Weekday Walkers as we wander throughout the land of Big Leaf Maple Trees, also known as Walker Preserve in Normandy Park, on Thursday (note different day than usual!), Aug 20, starting at 9am. We’ll follow the wooded trail as it winds...
Aug 1, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walk-n-Talk
By Maureen Hoffmann, WABI Burien President. We’re celebrating 15 years of walking-n-talking together! All those years ago, I had returned from living in Italy for over a year, where I had walked and biked everywhere. Back in Burien, I was sitting in the 909 Café with...
Jul 30, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
This Sunday, August 2nd, the monthly Walk-n-Talk will tackle some of the westward-facing hills of the Seahurst neighborhood of Burien. The forecast for Sunday is sunny and pleasantly warm. What a nice time to get out and stretch the legs. This is a FREE event and is...
Jul 16, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walking Event
Our July walk will be along a portion of the Des Moines Creek Trail. Here are the details: Date and Time: Saturday, July 18th, meet a few minutes before 10:00 am. Place: SeaTac Des Moines Creek Trailhead Park, 20300 18th Ave S, SeaTac WA 98198. This is a new park that...
Jul 11, 2026 | Health & Well-Being, Local Maps, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Let’s venture over to Renton for a popular walk along the Cedar River trail on Wednesday, July 15th, starting at 9am. Everyone is invited to join our group of WABI Weekday Walkers on this flat, 3-mile route that follows the Cedar River. We’ll start from...
Jun 25, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walking Event
Date & Time: Saturday, June 27Meet a few minutes before 10:00 am. Place: Saltwater State Park 25205 8th Pl S in Des Moines. We’ll meet in the lower parking lot near the bathrooms. Route & Distance:The main trail is an approximately 1.4 mile up and down...
Jun 4, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
One of Burien’s outdoor gems is the “Indian Trail” If you haven’t discovered the historic Indian Trail yet, this is your chance! This wandering, varied public Trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise...
May 16, 2026 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
You’re invited to join WABI Weekday Walkers for a 2-mile walk in Normandy Park on Wednesday, May 20, at 9am. We’ll park at MarVista Park (4th Ave side, where there are bathroom facilities) and start walking north on 4th Ave. Our route takes us through...
Apr 30, 2026 | City of Burien, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Begin the month of May with a walk on a beautiful day, down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. This Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 2:00, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to Seahurst Beach. On the way back up, walkers may...
Apr 18, 2026 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
On Wednesday, April 22, at 9am, the WABI Weekday Walkers will gather at the Tukwila Sounders Train Station and walk through Longacres Natural Area. From 1933 to 1992, the land was home to the Longacres Racetrack, the center of thoroughbred racing in western...
Apr 2, 2026 | Art Walks, City of Burien, Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Special guest on our April Walk-n-Talk: Artist Rodger Greene! As part of the Public Art Plan here in the City of Burien, Merrill Gardens has 9 curated art spaces in display windows along SW 150th St. and 4th Ave. SW. Through the month of May, 18 pieces of...
Mar 14, 2026 | Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Ready to get some exercise climbing hills in beautiful Normandy Park? Come join the WABI Weekday Walkers on a loop through Normandy Park on Wednesday, Mar 18, starting at 9am. We promise it will be worth the effort! **Note our return to the earlier walk time!**...
Feb 26, 2026 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Oh! Everybody loves a secret pathway! Well…it’s not so secret for the neighbors that live in the area, but let’s explore and enjoy it together. Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026 (Rain or shine… but SUNSHINE is forecast!)Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking starts at...
Jan 17, 2026 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
We’d love to have you join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Thursday, Jan 22nd (NOTE CHANGE TO THURSDAY), as we head south from Tukwila along the Green River Trail. Along the way, we’ll see beautiful wildlife murals on a trailside building and active bird life...
Jan 16, 2026 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers January walk will be along part of the Green River Trail, on Saturday January 24. We’ll meet a few minutes before 10:00 at the Three Friends Fishing Hole in Kent. Please note the earlier start time. We’ve had several...
Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Start the new year by strolling with others on the January 2026 Walk-n-Talk. On Sunday, January 4, we’ll meet at Burien Town Square Park to walk up and over to Mathison Park, Burien’s highest point, where we’ll walk the park’s pathway and...
Nov 17, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails
From our friends on the B-TOWN BLOG STAFF November 11, 2025 Burien’s Environmental Science Center will host a series of free Moonlight Beach Walks at Seahurst Park, inviting residents to explore the shoreline under the glow of their flashlights while learning about...
Nov 17, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
In November, we will return to the popular Des Moines Creek Trail, a 2-mile out-and-back paved, slightly uphill trail along the creek and through the woods. We’ll meet a few minutes before 11:00 am on Saturday, November 22nd and we’ll start walking...
Oct 11, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
On Wednesday, October 15, at 9am, the WABI Weekday Walkers will gather at the Tukwila Sounders Train Station and walk through Longacres Natural Area. From 1933 to 1992, the land was home to the Longacres Racetrack, the center of thoroughbred racing in western...
Sep 13, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s head north from Burien to explore four hidden parks and ponds located in White Center. As summer winds down, we can revel in the lush vegetation and mild temperatures of mid-September. Feel free to join us on Wednesday, Sept 17th, 2025, starting at 9am....
Aug 19, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
Our next walk is on Saturday, August 23rd starting at 11:00. We’ll meet at the Des Moines library at 21620 11th Ave S. a little before 11:00 and we’ll walk through the neighborhood, down to the waterfront and over to the start of the Des Moines Creek trail. We’ll walk...
Aug 9, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s wander through North SeaTac Park for our next WABI Weekday Walkers outing on Wednesday, Aug 13th. (Note this is the 2nd Wednesday, instead of our usual 3rd Wednesday.) This lovely park is located just east of Burien, in neighboring SeaTac. In 2021, The...
Jul 23, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
Our July walk will be along part of the Green River Trail. We’ll meet on Saturday, 7/26 a few minutes before 11:00 at the Three Friends Fishing Hole. The official address is 19970 Russell Road, Kent, WA, but what works best is just to enter Three Friends Fishing Hole...
Jul 13, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Have you seen this fine fellow? Feel free to join the WABI Weekday Walkers on Wednesday, July 16th, as we make a loop through Des Moines in search of this sculpted creature. We’ll park at the library (which is closed until noon) and head over to S 222nd St,...
Jun 15, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Please join us as we return to lovely Seahurst Park this month on Wednesday, June 18th at 9am. We’ll start in the parking lot by the beach and walk up the service road, a steady climb to the top of the park. To return, we’ll travel through the wooded area...
Jun 4, 2025 | Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Local Maps, Parks & Trails
(Click on the maps to enlarge them.) New 7-mile segment of Lake to Sound Trail to open this Saturday, June 7 in SeaTac A key milestone in South King County’s trail network will be celebrated this Saturday, June 7, 2025, with the grand opening of a major segment of the...
May 28, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
One of Burien’s outdoor gems is the “Indian Trail”. If you haven’t discovered the Indian Trail yet, this is your chance! This wandering, varied public Trail winds high above the shoreline strip of SW 172nd St. – the “Sunrise Trail” – and then, from Three Tree Point...
May 17, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s venture over to Renton for a popular walk along the Cedar River trail on Wednesday, May 21st, starting at 9am. All are invited to join the WABI Weekday Walkers on this flat, 3-mile route that follows the river. We’ll start from the northern end of...
Apr 5, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
On Wednesday, April 9, at 10am, the WABI Weekday Walkers will gather in Tukwila to walk through the Longacres Natural Area, site of a former horse-racing track that has been converted into a lovely forested area with ponds, wildlife, and walking paths. All are welcome...
Mar 16, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Ready to get some exercise climbing hills in beautiful Normandy Park? Come join the WABI Weekday Walkers on a new loop through Normandy Park on Wednesday, Mar 19, starting at 10am. We promise it will be worth the effort! We’ll meet by the playground at City Hall...
Feb 27, 2025 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
It’s March now! We’ve had snow and rain and cold. BRRR! The birds are singing and the weather’s warming at last. Time to walk with friends and neighbors on our March Walk-n-Talk. This is a FREE event and is enjoyable for all, including friendly,...
Feb 18, 2025 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
In February, the Des Moines Waterland Walkers will walk a portion of the Soos Creek Trail. The Soos Creek Trail is a well-maintained, paved trail that is almost six miles one way. We’ll walk along the northern part of the trail. We’ll meet a few minutes...
Feb 16, 2025 | Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Come join WABI Weekday Walkers as we wander in the lovely Seahurst neighborhood of Burien on Wednesday, February 19th, at 10am. Our route will start at Lake Burien School Memorial Park. The park was built in 1994 on the former site of the historic Lake Burien...
Jan 12, 2025 | Art Walks, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking, Walking Event
Let’s head north from Burien to explore four hidden parks and ponds located in White Center. They may not be green at this time of year, but the parks are still lovely spaces to enjoy. All are invited to join us on this new WABI itinerary on Wednesday, Jan 15th,...
Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
Our next walk will be Saturday, November 16 at 11AM. Meeting Place: Burien Town Square Park480 SW 152nd St., Burien, WA 98166Meet at the large, south end sculpture. In case of inclement weather, we’ll meet in the lobby of the Burien library – 400 SW 152nd St STE...
Oct 12, 2024 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, WABI Weekday Walkers, Walking
Let’s brave the threat of wet weather and wander through North SeaTac Park for our next WABI Weekday Walkers outing on Wednesday, Oct 16th. This lovely park is located just east of Burien, in neighboring SeaTac. In 2021, The Seattle Times reported: The area that...
