Location: West Seattle Address: Fauntleroy Way S.W. and S.W. Barton St. Acreage: Approx. 0.3 Squeezed in next to the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock, just south of Lincoln Park, is a newly revitalized park with waterfront access. This little-known park was closed for several years while the Barton Pump Station was upgraded. You can stand on top… Continue reading Cove Park
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Plymouth Pillars Dog Park
Location: Downtown Seattle Address: 1500 Boren Ave. Acreage: 0.2 There aren’t many places to take your dog to run around off-leash in downtown Seattle, so I bet dog owners were happy when a dog park was added as part of a renovation of Plymouth Pillars Park a few years ago. What’s confusing is the location… Continue reading Plymouth Pillars Dog Park
Groveland Beach
Location: Mercer Island Address: S.E. 58th St. and 80th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island Acreage: Approx. 3 One of only two Mercer Island beaches that are guarded in the summer (the other is Luther Burbank Park), Groveland Beach looks across Lake Washington from the island’s western shore. This park’s location is especially pleasing because the view… Continue reading Groveland Beach
Luther Burbank Park
Location: Mercer Island Address: 2040 84th Ave. S.E., Mercer Island Acreage: 77 The hallmark open space on what was called “East Seattle” 130 years ago, Luther Burbank Park offers dozens of amenities on a huge piece of waterfront with views looking toward Bellevue. Because the park is large and spread out vertically (with 3/4 of… Continue reading Luther Burbank Park
UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture
Location: University District Address: 3501 N.E. 41st St. Acreage: 90 The Washington Park Arboretum gets a lot of attention for its fantastic gardens, pleasant trails and wetlands viewing. Much less visited, but also excellent, is the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture directly across Union Bay. This treasure for the university serves as an… Continue reading UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture
Wedgwood Rock
Location: Wedgwood/Ravenna Address: 28th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 72nd St. Acreage: Approx. 0.05 What’s 163 million years old and sitting quietly in a north Seattle residential neighborhood? The Wedgwood Rock! Not technically a park, but in the right-of-way strip between the curb and a sidewalk in Wedgwood, this glacial erratic is one of the biggest… Continue reading Wedgwood Rock
Grayland Beach State Park
Location: Pacific County/Southwest Washington Address: 925 Cranberry Beach Rd., Grayland Acreage: 412 A seemingly endless, nearly untouched beach stretches in both directions at Grayland Beach State Park on the Washington Coast. We stand at sunset without a single other person in sight along thousands of feet of oceanfront. Besides the waves, a few gulls and… Continue reading Grayland Beach State Park
Meydenbauer Beach Park
Location: Bellevue/Eastside Address: 419 98th Ave. N.E., Bellevue Acreage: 2.44 It’s the time of year when I start longing for warm summer evenings spent by the waterfront. So I thought I’d share one of my favorites spots from last summer, where I’m hoping to return many times this year. Located a couple of blocks southwest… Continue reading Meydenbauer Beach Park