A attractive Mount Baker stroll with parks, pets, art and record, drawn by Seattle Stroll Report

One Foot in Front of the Other

This week’s One particular Foot in Front of the Other stroll attributes special guest Susanna Ryan, creator of Seattle Wander Report and writer of “Secret Seattle,” who created this exceptional 3-mile loop around Mount Baker.

Stringing alongside one another a number of parks with stellar Lake Washington and Mount Rainier sights, and with bits of living Seattle historical past scattered throughout the route, this walk is truly worth an afternoon. Check it out for a style of the Central District and South Seattle as the seasons alter.

South Seattle loop

(Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times)


Spherical-excursion length: 3.3 miles

Our wander commences at Sam Smith Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. Look for the paved route accented by a sequence of rock sculptures paired with philosophical musings from Lao Tze, Plato and some others. “Crooked is the route of eternity,” writes the constantly-cheery Nietzsche,