Favorite Picnic Spots

South Passage Point Park

November 14, 2009
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 3320 Fuhrman Ave. E.
Acreage: 0.9

Under I-5 and directly west of the University Bridge is a little park perfect for picnics called South Passage Point Park. Even the Parks Department sign indicating the park’s location says simply “picnics” as its […]

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Smith Cove Park

October 8, 2009
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Location: Magnolia
Address: 23rd Ave. W. and W. Marina Pl.
Acreage: 7.3

Smith Cove, where Magnolia and Queen Anne meet at the south end of Interbay, is full of interesting history.

First settled by Dr. Henry A. Smith in 1852, one of Seattle’s first white settlers […]

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Emma Schmitz Memorial Outlook

August 14, 2009
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Location: West Seattle
Address: 4503 Beach Drive S.W.
Acreage: 17.4

I tell you a little reluctantly that the most southern bench at West Seattle’s Emma Schmitz Memorial Outlook is one of my favorite places in all of Seattle. I like to find excuses to go […]

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