Location: South Seattle Address: 9320 38th Ave. S. Acreage: 2.2 Head south from the small commercial district on Beacon Ave. and you’ll run into Benefit Playground. Among its many benefits–okay, assets!–are a fun playground and some paths. On the day I visited, seven 13-something boys were gleefully turning the basketball court into a skate park.… Continue reading Benefit Playground
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Burke-Gilman Playground Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 5201 Sand Point Way N.E. Acreage: 7.0 If you’re riding along the Burke-Gilman trail and the kids keep saying, “Are we there yet?,” instead of pushing on through the whines to Magnuson Park, stop off at Burke-Gilman Playground Park. Located off Sand Point Way about halfway between University Village and Magnuson… Continue reading Burke-Gilman Playground Park
University Circle
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: Vassar Ave. N.E. and Ann Arbor Ave. N.E. Acreage: 0.19 The streets in this strangely designed neighborhood off Sand Point Way meet at a tidy central point where you’ll find this perfectly circular park. A beautiful flowering plant is bursting pink blooms right now. If you can’t find your house in… Continue reading University Circle
Warren G. Magnuson Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 7400 Sand Point Way N.E. Acreage: 320 Warren G. Magnuson Park is one of Seattle’s biggest parks. Only Discovery Park at more than 500 acres and Green Lake Park (by a hair) are bigger than this 320-acre waterfront park in northeast Seattle. And, I am going to make the argument that… Continue reading Warren G. Magnuson Park
Bryant Neighborhood Playground
Location: North Seattle Address: 4103 N.E. 65th St. Acreage: 4.1 Bryant Neighborhood Playground is a pleasant green space on busy 65th St. in North Seattle. The park is lined with trees and features several tall deciduous varieties that offer plenty of shade on a warm day. This is a good playground for little ones, and… Continue reading Bryant Neighborhood Playground
Hiawatha Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 2700 California Ave. S.W. Acreage: 10.3 In 1911 the Hiawatha Playfield (first called the West Seattle Playfield) was opened as the largest playfield in Seattle. The Olmsted brothers had a hand in the early design. It’s still a popular park today with a great location in West Seattle’s Admiral neighborhood between… Continue reading Hiawatha Playfield
Benvenuto Viewpoint
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1401 23rd Ave. S. Acreage: 1.66 The last in my string of I-90 Lid parks, Benvenuto Viewpoint is accessed from a short flight of stairs just off 23rd Ave. S. between Sam Smith Park and Stokes Overlook. It looks out over the cars and trucks whizzing into the I-90 tunnel below… Continue reading Benvenuto Viewpoint
Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook
Location: Central Seattle Address: S. Judkins St. and 20th Ave. S. Acreage: 5.22 If you’re exploring the several connected parks of the I-90 Lid, you may pass by this overlook without noticing that it’s considered a separate park. From Judkins Park, walk toward I-90 and you’ll catch a little view of the freeway and Beacon… Continue reading Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook