Location: Central Seattle/Leschi Address: 398 Lake Washington Blvd. S. Acreage: 17.2 This large park is often mistaken as the upper part of Leschi Park, since the parks’ wooded areas run into each other. But, Frink Park is its own, and a great way to explore the two parks is to begin at the top of… Continue reading Frink Park
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Kilbourne Park
Location: West Seattle Address: California Ave. S.W. and S.W. Barton St. Acreage: 0.66 Kilbourne Park is not the most usable or accessible park for humans, but it’s an important piece of green space for fish and other wildlife as it connects the larger Fauntleroy Park with Fauntleroy Creek Ravine and finally the Puget Sound protecting… Continue reading Kilbourne Park
Fauntleroy Creek Ravine
Location: West Seattle Address: 9102 Fauntleroy Way S.W. Acreage: 0.19 I visited two lesser-known West Seattle parks today within walking distance of each other. Fauntleroy Creek Ravine, which is more accessible than its name suggests, is tucked away just above the Fauntleroy ferry dock. Enter the park through a walking path that runs north-south above… Continue reading Fauntleroy Creek Ravine
Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp
Location: North Seattle Address: 2301 N.E. Northlake Way Acreage: 0.54 You’ll often spot a strange white vehicle entering and exiting Lake Union at the Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp just east of Gas Works Park. Ride the Ducks, the popular tourist attraction that every Seattle resident seems to have found themselves on at some point,… Continue reading Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp
Gas Works Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 2101 N. Northlake Way Acreage: 19.1 I chose a day with the worst weather to visit one of the city’s best parks. At least I had it mostly to myself, which is quite a contrast to a sunny summer day. Not to mention the type of crowd you’ll find here on… Continue reading Gas Works Park
Wallingford Steps
Location: North Seattle Address: 3300 Wallingford Ave. N. Acreage: 0.2 When a steep hillside dense with blackberries was developed into a staircase about 10 years ago, walkers and runners got a convenient shortcut between Wallingford Ave. and Gas Works Park. This also makes it much easier for swarms of people to get in and out… Continue reading Wallingford Steps
Corliss Place & Keystone Place
Location: North Seattle Address: 50th St. and Keystone Pl. N. and 57th St. and Keystone Pl. N. Acreage: 0.15 and 0.22 Bored with the tired, crowded Green Lake loop? Here’s another walking option just a few blocks away that doesn’t have the lake views, but it passes through one of north Seattle’s cutest neighborhoods. Start… Continue reading Corliss Place & Keystone Place
Louisa Boren Park & Lookout
Location: Central Seattle Address: 15th Ave. E. and E. Olin Pl. Acreage: 7.2 Seattle pioneer Louisa Boren Denny got her own park in 1913 when a section of the larger Interlaken Park was renamed in her honor. You can access her park through a narrow trail shooting off from the main Interlaken Dr. E. Or,… Continue reading Louisa Boren Park & Lookout