Apr 2, 2024 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Begin the month of April with a walk down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. This Sunday, April 7, 2024 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 choose either the...
Mar 15, 2024 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured
The Des Moines Waterland Walkers’ next walk is this Sunday. Date and Time: March 17th, meeting a little before 11:00, and starting to walk at 11:00 Place: We’ll meet at the Des Moines Library at 21620 11th Ave S. Route: We’ll walk through the...
Mar 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Local Maps, Walk-n-Talk
People who live in stone houses shouldn’t throw glass. Why do we want to cross the bridge? To see one of the three stone houses nearby! Long ago, at the north edge of Burien, there were people building some very distinctive homes with stones and pebbles. Welcome...
Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Walk-n-Talk
It’s walking time again. Let’s begin the month of February by heading north from Burien Town Square into and around the Chelsea Park Neighborhood. Other times we’ve found these scenic gems in the neighborhood: Dottie Harper Park, Burien Community...
Jan 19, 2024 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
Next weekend on Sunday, January 21, the Des Moines Waterland Walkers will walk at Saltwater State Park. The address is 25205 8th Pl S in Des Moines. We’ll meet in the lower parking lot near the bathrooms at 11:00 am. You’ll need to have a Discover Pass for...
Jan 3, 2024 | Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Safety, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Featured
Burien is actually quite a hilly place, and e-bikes sure “flatten out” our hills! In the last 3 or 4 years (especially during the pandemic) the number of e-bikes around town have dramatically increased. And for good reason. On an E-Bike Tackle the hills...
Jan 3, 2024 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Let’s discover 3 of Burien’s 25 City Parks on January’s New Year’s Walk-n-Talk! Date: Sunday, January 7, 2024 (Rain or shine.)Time: Meet-up at 2:00. Walking starts at 2:15.Place: Meet at Hazel Valley Park, 251 SW 126th St. On-street...
Dec 14, 2023 | Featured, Walk with a Doc
Saturday, December 16, 2023 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Burien Town Square Park480 SW 152nd St., Burien WA 98166Meet at the big sculpture at the south end of the park(corner of SW 152nd and 5th Ave. SW) This Month’s Topic: Food Safety Led by Dane Nimako, MD...
Dec 14, 2023 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured
For the December walk, the Des Moines Waterland Walkers will walk on Saturday rather than Sunday so participants can check out the Des Moines shops along the walk. We’ll meet at 11:00 on Saturday, 12/16 at Big Catch Plaza (where the Dollar Tree store is located)...
Nov 29, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
It’s time for a walk this Sunday, December 3! (Isn’t it always time for a walk?) It’s fun. It gets you out of the house. You get the chance to talk to people you wouldn’t otherwise chat with. And it keeps you healthier. Join the other Walkers...
Nov 16, 2023 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Parks & Trails
In November we will be re-visiting the popular Des Moines Creek Trail, a 2-mile paved, slightly uphill trail along the creek and through the woods. I walked it recently and the creek is really rushing right now due to all of the recent rain. We’ll meet at 11:00...
Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
For our November Walk-n-Talk, we’ll walk a figure-eight loop up around the northern Shorewood neighborhood, then head down the hill, through Shorewood Park and around the water-view neighborhood looking out over the Sound. Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023 (Rain or...
Sep 27, 2023 | Featured, Local Maps, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails
Leafline Trails Coalition: Connecting Trails, Connecting Communities The Leafline Trails Coalition is working to create an interconnected network of shared use trails across the Central Puget Sound region to improve health, community, quality of life, mobility, and...
Sep 27, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Start the new month by strolling with others on the October 2023 Walk-n-Talk. On Sunday, October 1, we’ll meet at Burien Town Square Park to stroll up and over to Mathison Park, Burien’s highest point, where we’ll walk the park’s pathway and...
Sep 12, 2023 | Featured, Other Local Walks
Feet First is a state-wide organization promoting walkable communities… including Burien and our south end neighboring cities. When you’re not walking with WABI, you could be joining Feet First on some of their walks! “Feet First empowers communities...
Sep 12, 2023 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured
In September, the Des Moines Waterland Walking Group will do a two-trail walk. We’ll walk on the Barnes Creek trail and a Des Moines creek spur trail. We’ll meet at 11:00 on Sunday, September 17, at the small parking lot at the Barnes Creek trail head. This lot is on...
Sep 3, 2023 | Featured, Walk with a Doc, Walking Event
Hello walking enthusiasts of Burien and South Seattle! I am Dane Nimako, MD, a family physician who has been practicing in South Seattle for the past 4 years, and I am starting a walking group through an international nonprofit organization called Walk with a Doc....
Aug 31, 2023 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk
Let’s begin the month of September, this Sunday Sept. 3, with a walk down the wooded hillside to Seahurst Beach. Our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the Marine Science Center at the north end of Seahurst Beach....
Aug 25, 2023 | Featured, Other Local Walks, Walking Event
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 AT 10 AMMerrill Gardens at Burien Event by Hospitality House Women’s Shelter and Sheenah Randolph Where: Merrill Gardens at Burien, 15020 5th Ave SW Burien, WA 98166 REGISTER: http://www.auctria.events/Walk4theWomen2023 When:...
Aug 18, 2023 | Des Moines Waterland Walkers, Featured, Walking
Big thanks to Gary McNeil for having led the Des Moines Waterland Walkers for many years! Gary and his wife, LaDonna, had lived in Burien for years, then moved to Des Moines, where Gary started up the walking group in association with the Des Moines Legacy Foundation....
