The Seawalk runs flat from Ambleside to Dundarave with the whole harbour in view, Lighthouse Park keeps real old-growth forest, and Horseshoe Bay is worth arriving early for. Curated by locals, refreshed daily.
A flat 2 km waterfront path between Ambleside and Dundarave with Stanley Park and the Lions Gate in view the whole way. Coffee at one end, fish and chips at the other, beaches in between.
Yes: it holds some of the last old-growth Douglas firs on the North Shore, and the granite point by the lighthouse is a proper picnic-and-sunset spot. Trails are short but rooty; wear real shoes.
Arrive an hour early on purpose: the tiny bay has a beach park with front-row seats to the ferries threading the islands, a few seafood rooms, and Whytecliff Park five minutes away where the divers go.