Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Elliott Ave. and Wall St. Acreage: 0.21 It’s a great thing for a city when you can find a community garden among high rises condos. Belltown Cottage Park, just a couple of blocks from the main bustle of Belltown, is a cute little garden with adjacent p-patch. The nicely planted park… Continue reading Belltown Cottage Park
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Cormorant Cove
Location: West Seattle Address: 3701 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: 0.6 From Andover Place, walk a few minutes north on foot and you’ll find Cormorant Cove. Of the three mini waterfront parks, this is my favorite. Not quite as tiny as its sisters, Cormorant Cove has a nice grass lawn and gently sloping path leading down… Continue reading Cormorant Cove
Andover Place
Location: West Seattle Address: 4000 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: 0.2 Next in line of these mini waterfront parks is Andover Place, just a few hundred feet from Weather Watch Park. This narrow park is easy to miss if you aren’t looking for it. Squeezed between two homes, there’s just enough room for some native plants… Continue reading Andover Place
Weather Watch Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 4035 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: approx. 0.06 West Seattle has a huge amount of waterfront that is accessible to the public. Between Alki Beach Park and Lincoln Park alone, there are literally miles of public shoreline. But, some of my favorite places to access the Puget Sound in this neighborhood are… Continue reading Weather Watch Park
Atlantic Street Park
Location: South Seattle Address: S. Atlantic St. and 21st Ave. S. Acreage: 0.74 I have found the solution for busy parents who want to stay fit, but don’t have the time to go to the gym. It’s called Atlantic Street Park. I don’t know why nobody thought of this before. Take a neighborhood park. Put… Continue reading Atlantic Street Park
Daejeon Park
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill Address: 1144 Sturgus Ave. S. Acreage: 2.0 When the city recently took down the sign that called this park Taejon and replaced it with one titled Daejeon, people thought Seattle had made a huge sister-city snafu. For 14 years people had enjoyed Taejon park on Beacon Hill named after its sister… Continue reading Daejeon Park
Sturgus Park
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill Address: 904 Sturgus Ave. S. Acreage: 2.0 Start at Sturgus Park on Beacon Hill for a great walk along a nicely paved accessible path that follows I-90 east. You’ll pass a cool sculpture entitled Equality by artists Rolon Bert Garner and Ken Leback. Sturgus Park melds into Daejeon Park as you… Continue reading Sturgus Park
Dr. Jose Rizal Park
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill Address: 1008 12th Ave. S. Acreage: 9.6 Dr. Jose Rizal Park, named after an international hero of the Filipino community, is tucked into the northwest corner of Beacon Hill. This means you’re in for a treat when you arrive and see the fabulous views of the Olympics, Puget Sound and downtown… Continue reading Dr. Jose Rizal Park