Favorite Secret Parks

Harborview Park

March 24, 2010
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: 779 Alder St.
Acreage: 3.63

Patients seeking solace will find a stunning view of downtown Seattle and Elliott Bay from Harborview Park.

It’s easy to miss if you’re not actually a patient, visitor or employee at Harborview Medical Center on Seattle […]

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Andover Place

March 9, 2010
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Location: West Seattle
Address: 4000 Beach Drive S.W.
Acreage: 0.2

Next in line of these mini waterfront parks is Andover Place, just a few hundred feet from Weather Watch Park.

This narrow park is easy to miss if you aren’t looking for it. Squeezed between […]

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Weather Watch Park

March 9, 2010
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Location: West Seattle
Address: 4035 Beach Drive S.W.
Acreage: approx. 0.06

West Seattle has a huge amount of waterfront that is accessible to the public. Between Alki Beach Park and Lincoln Park alone, there are literally miles of public shoreline.

But, some of my favorite places […]

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Chinook Beach Park

January 26, 2010
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Location: South Seattle
Address: Rainier Ave. S. and Ithaca Pl. S.
Acreage: 2.4

I was walking along the Lake Washington waterfront following Rainier Ave. S. as it curves south, and I thought I spotted a Seattle Parks department sign. I went down a short, but very steep […]

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