Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 5234 37th Ave. S.
Acreage: 3.15
Who is Hitt and how did he get a park on a hill?
This wooded park tucked among homes between Columbia City and Beacon Hill was named after Thomas Hitt. Born in 1874 in England […]
Location: Madrona/Madison Park
Address: 1740 E. Howell Pl.
Acreage: 0.9
Roughly halfway between Madrona and Madison Park, take a turn off of Lake Washington Boulevard onto what looks like a short dead-end street and you’re in for a great surprise.
This hidden waterfront park […]
Location: Madison Park/Madrona
Address: McGilvra Blvd. E. and 39th Ave E.
Acreage: 0.5
This beautiful boulevard gives drivers, but also walkers and bikers, a lovely view en route from Lakeview Park to Madison Park. The park makes up the grassy median between two one-way streets […]
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna
Address: 15th Ave. N.E. and Cowen Pl. N.E.
Acreage: 0.14
Beck Place is named for William and Louise Beck who in the late 1800s dreamed of and invested in creating a large park in north Seattle (which now encompasses beautiful Ravenna […]
