Favorite Accessible Parks

Powell Barnett Park

February 10, 2010
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 352 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Acreage: 4.4

Turn the kids loose at Powell Barnett Park, and they’ll occupy themselves for hours on all the impressive playground equipment. I especially liked the giant red spider net, which allows older kids to climb […]

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Ballard Commons Park: 100th Park

January 24, 2010
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Location: Northwest Seattle
Address: 5701 22nd Ave. N.W.
Acreage: 1.38

Nearly $2.5 million from Pro Parks funds went into transforming a site near the Ballard Library branch into Ballard Commons Park.

Now, this sounds like a lot of money for a park. But, check out […]

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Soundview Playfield

September 26, 2009
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Location: Northwest Seattle
Address: 1590 N.W. 90th St.
Acreage: 10.5

Soundview Playfield is Crown Hill’s action center for all ages on a sunny September Saturday.

Six-year-olds are tearing around the castle-like play structure. A four-year-old is riding his scooter up […]

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Green Lake Park

Location: North Seattle
Address: 7201 E. Green Lake Drive N.
Acreage: 323.7

I don’t know if this is actually true, but Green Lake Park seems like it must be the most frequently used park in Seattle. It doesn’t seem to matter what the weather is […]

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