Location: Queen Anne Address: Queen Anne Ave. N. and W. Queen Anne Dr. Acreage: 0.09 Definitely not to be mistaken for the wonderful Kinnear Park, Kinnear Place is bit of an anticlimactic 300th park for me. This small strip of grass and trees hides next to curvy W. Queen Anne Dr., which makes a good… Continue reading Kinnear Place
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12th West and West Howe Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 12th Ave. W. and W. Howe St. Acreage: 1.1 This park’s best feature is that it provides a handy link for foot traffic between 15th Ave. W. in Interbay and upper Queen Anne. A couple of short sets of stairs bring you up through the dense vegetation to a quiet little… Continue reading 12th West and West Howe Park
Thomas C. Wales Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 2401 6th Ave. N. Acreage: 1.3 What do you do with a former gravel pit? Turn it into a park and use the gravel to make art! Thomas C. Wales Park sits in the elbow that connects Dexter Ave. to 6th Ave. N., which gives you access to Queen Anne by… Continue reading Thomas C. Wales Park
University Lake Shore Place
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 4275 N.E. 125th St. Acreage: 0.15 Every once in awhile there’s a park that really frustrates me. This was one of those impossible to find, totally indistinct supposedly public spaces. Finally, I looked at a city property map to locate this “park” and discovered that it is basically a corner lot… Continue reading University Lake Shore Place
Cedar Park
Location: Lake City Address: 3737 NE 135th St. Acreage: 2.12 This lovely park is tucked away just a couple of blocks from busy Lake City Way giving this neighborhood a much-needed green community space. With just over two acres, you can meander the paths that line the park or give the kids some room to… Continue reading Cedar Park
Lake City Mini Park
Location: Lake City Address: 12359 Lake City Way N.E. Acreage: 0.2 Mini indeed. This tiny park doesn’t have much in the way of nature, but it has one interesting non-natural feature: the tall archway that offers visitors an entry to this paved public space. Lake City Mini Park was significantly improved a few years ago… Continue reading Lake City Mini Park
Albert Davis Park
Location: Lake City Address: 12526 27th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.2 Just off a very busy intersection in the middle of the Lake City neighborhood is a quiet, green corner that gives the sense that there’s more to this community than its trafficked thoroughfare. Albert Davis Park, named after the late Lake City community leader, has… Continue reading Albert Davis Park
Seola Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 11399 Seola Beach Dr. S.W. Acreage: 8.8 Look at Seola Park on a map and you’re teased into thinking this is some wonderful, undiscovered waterfront park in the most southwestern corner of Seattle. So, I was disappointed to find out that while this large park appears to run all the way… Continue reading Seola Park