Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 7th Ave. W. and W. Highland Drive Acreage: 0.78 Circling the top of Queen Anne is a popular route for Seattle walkers and runners. One of my favorite places to stop en route is at the Betty Bowen Viewpoint, just a little west of Kerry Park along Highland Park Drive.… Continue reading Marshall Park and Betty Bowen Viewpoint
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Parsons Gardens
Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 7th Ave. W. and W. Highland Drive Acreage: 0.4 Being inside the quaint Parsons Gardens on Queen Anne feels like being in a romantic comedy. The kind you can’t convince any man in your life to go with you to see. I picture a woman sitting alone on one of… Continue reading Parsons Gardens
Kerry Park
Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 211 West Highland Drive Acreage: 1.26 You know a park has a special appeal when even on a drizzly Monday afternoon visitors take their time soaking in the views oblivious to the weather. That’s how it is with Queen Anne’s Kerry Park. A popular stop on the “what to do… Continue reading Kerry Park
Bhy Kracke Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: Bigelow Ave. N. and Comstock Pl. Acreage: 1.5 Talk about an intriguing name for a park. “I’m taking the kids to Buy Crack, honey. Home for dinner!” This park, also on Queen Anne, is not at all easy to find. I circled the neighboring streets a few times pushing the stroller… Continue reading Bhy Kracke Park
East Queen Anne Playground
Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 1912 Warren Ave. North Acreage: 1.4 “I love old fashioned playgrounds,” a 30-something mom says to her two mom friends as she pushes her daughter on the East Queen Anne Playground’s merry-go-round. Her observation pretty much sums up this Seattle park, located a few blocks east of Queen Anne Avenue.… Continue reading East Queen Anne Playground
Observatory Courts
Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 1405 Warren Ave. N. Acreage: 0.8 I was curious to visit the Observatory Courts mostly because I thought it is a very peculiar name for a park, and I wanted to know what there was to observe. Well, it turns out this park is just two nicely maintained tennis courts… Continue reading Observatory Courts
Sandel Playground
Location: Northwest Seattle/Greenwood Address: 9053 1st Ave. N.W. Acreage: 3.7 Sandel Playground in the Greenwood neighborhood is small, basically filling a small block, but has several appealing features for its community. Swings and a small play area I imagine must be popular with neighborhood kids. And, those kids have probably been missing the the wading… Continue reading Sandel Playground
Carkeek Park
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 950 N.W. Carkeek Park Rd. Acreage: 216 It’s easy to get lost hiking through Carkeek Park. But, getting lost is part of the fun, because around every corner is something cool to see. A butterfly garden, a salmon-breeding stream, a 100-year-old fruit orchard, outdoor sculptures… and best of all, the Puget… Continue reading Carkeek Park