Location: West Seattle Address: 5817 S.W. Lander St. Acreage: 3.9 More commonly called whale tail park for the sculpture kids like to climb on at the west end of the park, Alki Playground is a popular spot in West Seattle almost year-round. You’ll find this park just a block or so from the busy Alki… Continue reading Alki Playground
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Bar-S Playground
Location: West Seattle Address: 6425 S.W. Admiral Way Acreage: 4.2 Bar-S Playground is a large park that hides itself in the Alki area of West Seattle by being just barely off the busy main drag. Designed to host Little League games, it should be called Bar-S Ballfields, because there are two large ones (but no… Continue reading Bar-S Playground
Fauntleroy Place
Location: West Seattle Address: Fauntleroy Way S.W. and 38th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 0.07 Fauntleroy Place is a small, sloped triangle park in the West Seattle neighborhood. Most people don’t pay it much notice, but you can pull up a seat on the park’s single bench and watch traffic coming and going to the West Seattle… Continue reading Fauntleroy Place
Junction Plaza Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 42nd Ave. S.W. and S.W. Alaska St. Acreage: 0.15 West Seattle has a lot of nice parks, many with views and access to the waterfront, but until last summer it didn’t have a park in the heart of the “Junction.” And the “Junction” is very important to the West Seattlelites. So,… Continue reading Junction Plaza Park
Myrtle Reservoir Park
Location: West Seattle Address: S.W. Myrtle St. and 35th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 3.5 Throughout Seattle, nearly every neighborhood has a monstrous above-ground water reservoir. A cool development by the Parks Department is the trend of moving these reservoirs underground, and thereby opening up large spaces as usable park space. West Seattle just gained such a… Continue reading Myrtle Reservoir Park
Nora’s Woods
Location: Central Seattle Address: 720 29th Ave. Acreage: 0.35 Just about the size of a large residential lot, Nora’s Woods is a secret wooded park near the Madrona neighborhood. Nora Wood and her husband Fran lived in Madrona and owned this undeveloped lot. Years later, community residents helped preserve it as green space and turn… Continue reading Nora’s Woods
Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area
Location: Central Seattle Address: 3525 E Terrace St. Acreage: 3.23 I almost decided not to visit this mouthful of a park, thinking it would be an inaccessible ravine not really intended for visitors. So, I was pretty surprised when I detoured from my walk to give it a shot and found a small, but wonderful… Continue reading Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area
Peppi’s Playground
Location: Central Seattle Address: 3233 E. Spruce St. Acreage: 2.3 This park has been around for several decades, but I was pleased to see that the playground structure at Peppi’s Playground appeared to be very new. This is a great park for young kids, especially in summer when the wading pool is open. The park… Continue reading Peppi’s Playground