Location: Queen Anne Address: 2420 7th Ave. W. Acreage: 0.2 Coe Play Park on Seattle’s Queen Anne shares a site with an elementary school. The old brick school building contrasts with the colorful new playground equipment you’ll find at this park, which is small but centrally located. #278 (Visited 5/3/11)
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Soundview Terrace
Location: Queen Anne Address: 2500 11th Ave. W. Acreage: 0.3 This is one of my favorite newly discovered parks. Soundview Terrace on the western end of Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is perched on a steep hillside. If I had been the park’s engineer, I would have taken one look at the geography of the site… Continue reading Soundview Terrace
Loyal Heights Playground
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 2101 N.W. 77th St. Acreage: 6.7 Within walking distance of Salmon Bay Park in north Ballard is Loyal Heights Playground, a large park with great football and baseball fields. The upper section of the park holds a small playground and a community center. You can also play basketball on the half-court.… Continue reading Loyal Heights Playground
Salmon Bay Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 2001 N.W. Canoe Pl. Acreage: 2.8 I visit a lot of mostly empty neighborhood parks during the week. So, I was pleased to find one in the north Ballard area that seemed to be full of life even on a Friday morning. Salmon Bay Park is a busy scene on this… Continue reading Salmon Bay Park
6th Avenue NW Pocket Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 6th Ave. N.W. and N.W. 76th St. Acreage: 0.21 You know when you see toys strewn about a small neighborhood park that it gets good use. I was happy when I saw that at 6th Avenue NW Pocket Park in Ballard. In addition to the evidence of children living nearby, you’ll… Continue reading 6th Avenue NW Pocket Park
Race to 300 is on…
After a year and a half of this project, I have visited 273 parks in the city of Seattle. My ultimate goal is still to visit every park in the city, but I have a new obstacle coming up shortly and so I have set a short-term goal. Keen-eyed readers may have spotted an orange… Continue reading Race to 300 is on…
Puget Boulevard Commons
Location: West Seattle Address: 26th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Brandon St. Acreage: 9 In 1912 the Puget Mill Company donated land to the city to create this park that helps preserve part of a precious creek in West Seattle. What this also created was a link to what’s now the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail, one… Continue reading Puget Boulevard Commons
Greg Davis Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 26th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Brandon St. Acreage: 1.3 Greg Davis Park is one of a trio of parks I discovered today in the Delridge neighborhood of West Seattle. All three parks offer trails and connections to the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail, a wonderful place to walk. Follow the trail along… Continue reading Greg Davis Park