Seattle walks
Subtitle: discovering history and nature in the city
By: David B. Williams
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780295741284
Subjects: Natural history; Urban geology; Walking; Guidebooks; Natural resources
Description: x, 253 pages : 20 cm
Notes: "A Michael J. Repass Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Walk 1. Seattle's historic shoreline: Remnants from the past; title: Walk 2. Denny Hill: The big hill that went away; title: Walk 3. Stories in stone: Downtown rocks; title: Walk 4. Where you at? A downtown geographical tour; title: Walk 5. Who's watching you? A downtown menagerie in stone and terra-cotta; title: Walk 6. Regrades and the international district: Shaping a landscape of diversity; title: Walk 7. Madison Street: Elliott Bay to Lake Washington; title: Walk 8. Lake Union: Circumnavigate the center of the city; title: Walk 9. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and Discovery Park: Boats, birds, and big trees; title: Walk 10. Green Lake to Lake Washington: Tracing a historic creek; title: Walk 11. Meadowbrook Pond and Thornton Creek: Restoration and renewal; title: Walk 12. Magnuson Park: The land comes full circle; title: Walk 13. Capitol Hill: Elegance in the details; title: Walk 14. Beacon Hill: Great diversity and great views; title: Walk 15. Rainier Beach to Columbia City: From slough to slough; title: Walk 16. Delridge and Pigeon Point: The lesser-known side of West Seattle; title: Walk 17. West Seattle: Old growth and Alki Point.