Location: East Central Seattle/Madison Park Address: E. Highland Dr. and 42nd Ave. E. Acreage: approx. 0.15 This fall I explored some secret street end parks in Madison Park. From my last post, after visiting the E. Lee St. and Knox Pl. E. street end, walk one block south to E. Highland Dr. and turn left… Continue reading E. Highland Dr. and 42nd Ave. E. Street End
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E. Lee St. and Knox Pl. E. Street End
Location: East Central Seattle/Madison Park Address: E. Lee St. and Knox Pl. E. Acreage: approx. 0.1 There are several hidden street ends in the Madison Park neighborhood that I found this past fall while exploring some dead end residential streets. This one is located just three blocks from the popular waterfront beach, Madison Park. It… Continue reading E. Lee St. and Knox Pl. E. Street End
39th Ave E. and E. Harrison St. Street End
Location: East Central Seattle/Madison Park Address: 39th Ave. E. and E. Harrison St. Acreage: approx. 0.2 I almost feel guilty writing about this very secret park with waterfront access on Lake Washington. And, it almost wants to stay undiscovered, because if you put its address at 39th Ave. E. and E. Harrison St. into Google… Continue reading 39th Ave E. and E. Harrison St. Street End
Finale: Ravenna Woods
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna/University District Address: 4633 Ravenna Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.15 On a very cold morning a couple of weeks ago, I set out to visit the last Seattle Parks Department park on my list. Crunching along this path alone in the crisp, sunny weather felt like the perfect way to cap off the official… Continue reading Finale: Ravenna Woods
Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek
Location: North Seattle/Northgate Address: 5th Ave. N.E. & N.E. 103rd St. Acreage: approx. 10 Just a block or so from Northgate Mall and right behind the Northgate Community Center is a hidden little forested block where you can see the daylighted Thornton Creek. This is one section of Thornton Creek, which stretches in a diagonal… Continue reading Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek
Amy Yee Tennis Center
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2000 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Acreage: 8.5 Seattle has many, many parks with outdoor tennis facilities, but the Amy Yee Tennis Center is the epicenter of all things tennis. The center has 10 indoor courts and six additional outdoor courts accessed up a short staircase on the east side… Continue reading Amy Yee Tennis Center
Waterfall Garden Park
Location: Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square Address: 219 2nd Ave. S. Acreage: 0.15 Not actually a city of Seattle public park, Waterfall Garden Park is the site of the first UPS headquarters. The Annie E. Casey Foundation took over the site in 1977 and had it developed into a park, which is now a well known park… Continue reading Waterfall Garden Park
Bayview-Kinnear Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 3rd Ave W. and W. Prospect St. Acreage: 4.62 I actually already visited Bayview-Kinnear Park when I made my tour of Kerry Park a while back. But, the city has recently renamed the lower section and listed it as a separate park, so in my quest for accuracy I dropped by… Continue reading Bayview-Kinnear Park