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Hitt’s Hill Park

August 14, 2012
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Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 5234 37th Ave. S.
Acreage: 3.15

Who is Hitt and how did he get a park on a hill?

This wooded park tucked among homes between Columbia City and Beacon Hill was named after Thomas Hitt. Born in 1874 in England […]

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Dearborn Park

Location: South Seattle
Address: 2919 S. Brandon St.
Acreage: 7.7

This large park is nearly hidden on the south end of Beacon Hill. Tricky to access either on foot or by car, you’ll find Dearborn Park close to Dearborn Park Elementary, although the better entrance is […]

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Jefferson Park

Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 4165 16th Ave. S
Acreage: 52.4

For those of you have been waiting patiently for construction to end at Jefferson Park on Beacon Hill, the fencing (well, most of it) has finally come down. The first phase of the park’s […]

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Twelfth Avenue South Viewpoint

December 2, 2010
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Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 12th Ave. S and S Forest St.
Acreage: 1.07

I really enjoy walking around Beacon Hill. In addition to good coffee shops and restaurants, there are so many interesting parks, many of them you feel like you have to yourself.

And […]

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