Overlook Walk - the connection between Pike Place Market and the Waterfront. Photo by Erik Holsather

Overlook Walk Opening

Overlook Walk/Pier 62 | Free
Friday October 4, 4:30–7 pm
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Be among the first to set foot on the new Overlook Walk!

Family‑friendly!

Mark your calendars! Overlook Walk is finally opening to the public!

Overlook Walk will be open to the public at 4:30pm on Friday, October 4, 2024. You’re invited to come celebrate this opening with food, music, entertainment, arts & crafts, 360-degree views, fire pits, and more!

Overlook Walk serves as the first-ever, direct connection between Pike Place Market and the waterfront! But it’s not just a bridge – come sit on the cascading Salish Steps and take-in the views of the sea and walk along the native plantings on Bluff Walk, where the kids can also climb, slide, and play.

Planning on going? Let us know via the Facebook Event

Overlook Walk/Ocean Pavilion. Photo by Erik Holsather

Jellyfish Lanterns Arts & Crafts hosted by Urban Artworks. Photo by Adam Lu

Playground on Bluff Walk. Photo courtesy of City of Seattle

Jellyfish Lanterns Arts & Crafts hosted by Urban Artworks. Photo by Adam Lu

Overlook Walk Festivities

Music hosted by KNKX’s DJ Abe Beeson

Performances from EnJoy artists including stilt walkers and characters.

The evenings are getting cooler, warm up beside a cozy fire pit and take in the new views.

Come create your own Jellyfish Lanterns on the Salish Steps. Hosted by Urban Artworks

Pier 62 Games. Photo by Jo Cosme

Canela Mexican Food Truck. Photo by Brandon Patoc

Free games and amenities are available everyday! Photo by Adam Lu.

Whateka Mexican Food Truck. Photo by Adam Lu

Pier 62 Festivities

Food Trucks!

  • Whateke has been serving in Greater Seattle since 2019. Enjoy Authentic Mexican Food and their signature scratch-made specialties using only the freshest and finest ingredients.
  • Canela serves coffee, beverages, and food that celebrates Mexican culture!
  • Spooky Dogs offers up hot dogs with all the fixings including a plant-based hot dog option!

Interact with a new art installation, “Meet Me at Waterfront Park”. More details to come!

Participate in the park games! Kick around a soccer ball, checkmate your friends with the large chess set, and toss a few corn-hole bags around. All while warming up beside a cozy fire pit.

Planning Your Visit to Overlook Walk

The closest parking with direct connection to Overlook Walk is the Pike Place Market Parking Garage.

There are also several parking areas along Alaskan Way on the waterfront.

Here’s a helpful resource for finding parking along the waterfront: Click Here 

Direct Overlook Walk Access Elevators:

  • The newly installed Overlook Walk elevator will be operational from 7am – 10pm. Located directly to the right of the Seattle’s Aquarium Ocean Pavilion entrance.
  • Pike Place Market Garage elevator

Other access elevators to Waterfront Park:

  • Lenora Street Pedestrian Bridge
  • Union Street Pedestrian Bridge
  • Harbor Steps

*Note: Please be sure to confirm yourself the day of as the weather forecast can change often.

Friday, October 4th

4:30pm

  • Temperature | 63F
  • Chance of Rain | 0%

6:00pm

  • Temperature | 59F
  • Chance of Rain | 0%

Overlook Walk Gallery

Overlook Walk - the connection between Pike Place Market and the Waterfront. Photo by Erik Holsather

Overlook Walk/Ocean Pavilion. Photo by Erik Holsather

Overlook Walk looking towards the Sound. Photo by Erik Holsather

Playground on Bluff Walk. Photo courtesy of City of Seattle

Overlook Cafe. Photo courtesy of Fields Operations, City of Seattle

Bluff Walk Playground Render

Pier 62, Photo by Erik Holsather

The new Overlook Walk superimposed on an image of the Viaduct from the same vantage point.

Overlook Walk (left) and the old viaduct (right). Image on left by Field Operations courtesy of the City of Seattle.

This engineering feat of world class design...

… is the first-ever, direct pedestrian connection between Pike Place Market and the waterfront. But Overlook Walk is more than just a bridge connection, it’s also a connection for the public to be reacquainted with the epic views of where the mountains meet the sea. It’ll be a connection of families bringing their children to play on the Bluff Walk playgrounds, of friends enjoying the public pavilion and seating together on the Salish Steps, and of Seattle’s communities coming together to overlook our beautiful and innovative city. This opening also gets us one step closer to the grand opening of Waterfront Park slated for spring of 2025. So, enjoy the holiday season on the Walk as we look forward to playing, relaxing, and creating along the whole Waterfront Park next year!

The opening of Overlook Walk marks a major milestone for Waterfront Park. This iconic location will offer ease and connectivity, and an extraordinary experience as you make your way from the Pike Place Market to the waterfront and back. Overlook Walk will offer stunning views of the Salish Sea, the waterfront, Mt. Rainier, and our city skyline and new spaces of natural beauty for quiet reflection. As Waterfront Park nears completion, Friends of Waterfront Park is thrilled to ensure this space will be a dynamic, inclusive public space for generations to come. Joy Shigaki President and CEO, Friends of Waterfront Park
The completion of Overlook Walk is the result of deep partnerships and our shared vision of a greener, more accessible, and connected cityscape and community. I am so proud of our incredibly talented team for successfully delivering such a uniquely challenging project and am very appreciative of our close partnerships with Pike Place Market, the Seattle Aquarium, and Friends of Waterfront Park to help bring us this much closer to opening this iconic new space for our city. Angela Brady Director, Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects, City of Seattle
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