Location: Magnolia Address: 3430 27th Ave W. Acreage: 2.0 The Magnolia neighborhood finally has its own off-leash dog park with the addition of Magnolia Manor Park, which opened in 2012. Built on Seattle Public Utility land, this park is a little awkward to explore since the center section is still fenced off due to the… Continue reading Magnolia Manor Park
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Interbay P-Patch
Location: Interbay/Magnolia Address: 15th Ave. W. and W. Wheeler St. Acreage: 1.91 Seattle has dozens of community P-patch gardens where the list is often years long to snag your own garden plot, but only a few are official public parkland owned by the city. Interbay P-Patch is one of those and despite its location off… Continue reading Interbay P-Patch
Hubbard Homestead
Location: North Seattle/Northgate Address: 11203 5th Ave N.E. Acreage: 3.73 Literally in Northgate Mall’s backyard (sitting right behind Target’s parking garage) is Hubbard Homestead. Originally a homestead in the first half of the last century, this park creates a pleasant space among the very commercial mall area. Besides a basketball court and several benches, there… Continue reading Hubbard Homestead
Thornton Creek Park #1/Licorice Fern Natural Area
Location: Northeast Seattle/Northgate Address: 13002 10th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 7.83 How’s that for a park name? I set out to find Thornton Creek Park #1 (curious name, since there appears to be no subsequent numbered parks), but I think I found what is now newly named the Licorice Fern Natural Area. At first glance from… Continue reading Thornton Creek Park #1/Licorice Fern Natural Area
Jackson Park Golf Course (walking trail)
Location: Northeast Seattle/Northgate Address: 1100 N.E. 135th St. Acreage: 160.6 I decided earlier in this project to skip the city’s four golf courses. Although they are technically Seattle parks, they aren’t really accessible to the public to explore without paying a fee. (And I don’t know anything about golf, so I make a poor judge… Continue reading Jackson Park Golf Course (walking trail)
Pipers Creek Natural Area
Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: 600 N.W. 117th St. Acreage: 9.34 It’s difficult to distinguish between Pipers Creek Natural Area and Carkeek Park. On a map of this area of Northwest Seattle, it looks like Pipers Creek are fingers on a hand, with the hand being Carkeek Park. At more than 200 acres, Carkeek dwarfs the… Continue reading Pipers Creek Natural Area
Broadview Park
Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: Greenwood Ave. N. and N. 122nd St. Acreage: 0.1 It took me two visits to this neighborhood to figure out where to find Broadview Park. It turns out to be a very tall evergreen tree with some shrubs on the rounded corner of Greenwood Ave. and N. 122nd. More interesting parks… Continue reading Broadview Park
Llandover Woods Greenspace
Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: N.W. 145th St. and 3rd Ave. N.W. Acreage: 9.1 Llandover Woods Greenspace is one of the best little known hiking spots in the city. Bordering the city of Shoreline, but still within city of Seattle limits, Llandover Woods starts in a small parking lot where N.W. 145th St. ends at its… Continue reading Llandover Woods Greenspace