Location: Central Seattle Address: 1800 S. Main St. Acreage: 5.6 Pratt Park is another Central District park that connects through a network of great walking trails. I reached Pratt Park by foot from nearby Lavizzo Park. After checking out the nice playground for little kids at Lavizzo Park, it was great to see that the… Continue reading Pratt Park
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Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2100 S. Jackson St. Acreage: 2.0 Parks are critically important to the health of a community, especially kids’ well-being. So, it was heartening to see some great play spaces for kids in Seattle’s Central District today. Take a stroller and check out this area’s great network of parks that connect through… Continue reading Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
Westcrest Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 9000 8th Ave. SW Acreage: 81.1 If you’re looking for some space to run that rambunctious dog of yours, check out Westcrest on the eastern side of West Seattle. There’s no need to worry about your overly excited pet mowing over littler ones in the four-acre dog park that makes up… Continue reading Westcrest Park
Judkins Park and Playfield
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2150 S. Norman St. Acreage: 6.2 Judkins Park has great walking and biking connections to other nearby parks and the popular I-90 trail. This large park also has ball fields, tennis courts and lots of picnic spots. The play area is very nice and ADA-accessible. Judkins also has a “spray park,”… Continue reading Judkins Park and Playfield
Sam Smith Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Acreage: 15.2 Sam Smith Park is a really cool use of public space. This park floats over parts of I-90 in an area sometimes called the “I-90 Lid.” Great trails for biking, walking and running connect this park to several other nearby parks, including… Continue reading Sam Smith Park
Jimi Hendrix Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2400 S. Massachusetts St. Acreage: 5.8 Everyone visits Jimi Hendrix’s grave. But, how many people have been to his park? How many of you even knew we had a park named in his honor? Well, you can visit it yourself next door to the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle’s Central… Continue reading Jimi Hendrix Park
Firehouse Mini Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 712 18th Ave. Acreage: 0.3 One of Seattle’s cutest little parks is hidden on a residential street across from Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Street Campus. Filled with tall trees that shade nearly the entire park, you feel like you’re far away from the busy street just a few yards away. Benches and… Continue reading Firehouse Mini Park
Garfield Playfield
Location: Central Seattle Address: 23rd Ave. and E. Cherry Acreage: 19.4 Football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis. A kids play area. Indoor swimming pool. And a community center. Garfield Playfield is a huge park that sits next door to Garfield High School, creating a center of sports action in the Central District. The park has been… Continue reading Garfield Playfield