Queen Anne hills, Seattle waterfront, and HarborFest

There is an interesting-sounding festival this week -- HarborFest, held at Pier 66 on the Seattle waterfront. It is presented by Washington Maritime Blue, which is a maritime industry association that focuses on sustainability. There will be vendors, music, food, ocean and maritime exhibits, ocean advocacy organizations. It's highlighted on the Port of Seattle and City of Seattle websites. Let's take this opportunity to find out what it's like.

We can combine this with getting in some hills, on Queen Anne Hill. Let's meet at David Rodgers Park (because they have a restroom, and the Parks Department says it is open :D). We'll swoop down and back up several times, including on the Galer Street stairs. We'll tag about a half dozen parks on Queen Anne. Then we'll cross over to the Elliott Bay trail, and head down to Pier 66.

HarborFest will be the formal end of our hike, because some folks will likely want to stay to the end of the festival, at 3pm, but others might want to go visit the Public Market, which is not far away. If folks want, we can scatter to find lunch at HarborFest, then reconvene to eat together. We could add on a bit more hiking, or hop on a bus to go back to Queen Anne. For instance, we could walk up to Seattle Center, then up the Counterbalance, to get in one more hill on Queen Anne Hill.

The main part of the hike, not including any after-lunch add-on, is about 7 miles, with 1000 ft elevation gain.

HarborFest info:

https://www.portseattle.org/events/one-ocean-week-seattle-harborfest-marketplace-and-festival

https://maritimeblue.org/one-ocean-week-2025/harborfest/

Logistics:

We'll meet near the upper restroom at David Rodgers Park, which it toward the southeast end of the park, and is just where Google Maps happens to put their map marker for the park.

Bring water, snacks, and bring lunch if you think you might not find what you like at HarborFest.

There is currently a forecast for rain, so bring your brolly or other means of fending off wet air.

The event end time assumes folks will want to stay at HarborFest til it ends, but not add on any extra hiking.

Bus riders: The #4 and #13 run alongside David Rodgers Park, but the #2, #31, #32 are not far away. If you take the #31 or #32, and get off at, for instance, Nickerson & Cremona, you can get a little head start on hills. Be sure to include time for this in trip planning.

Drivers: David Rodgers Park doesn't have a parking lot. There is likely parking nearby in residential areas, but I'm not familiar with how easy / hard it is to find parking. Leave some extra time to hunt for parking.

Use comments for coordination.