Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: 600 N.W. 117th St. Acreage: 9.34 It’s difficult to distinguish between Pipers Creek Natural Area and Carkeek Park. On a map of this area of Northwest Seattle, it looks like Pipers Creek are fingers on a hand, with the hand being Carkeek Park. At more than 200 acres, Carkeek dwarfs the… Continue reading Pipers Creek Natural Area
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Broadview Park
Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: Greenwood Ave. N. and N. 122nd St. Acreage: 0.1 It took me two visits to this neighborhood to figure out where to find Broadview Park. It turns out to be a very tall evergreen tree with some shrubs on the rounded corner of Greenwood Ave. and N. 122nd. More interesting parks… Continue reading Broadview Park
Llandover Woods Greenspace
Location: Northwest Seattle/Broadview Address: N.W. 145th St. and 3rd Ave. N.W. Acreage: 9.1 Llandover Woods Greenspace is one of the best little known hiking spots in the city. Bordering the city of Shoreline, but still within city of Seattle limits, Llandover Woods starts in a small parking lot where N.W. 145th St. ends at its… Continue reading Llandover Woods Greenspace
Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space
Location: North Seattle Address: Linden Ave. N. and N. 143rd St. Acreage: 2.9 Much of this open space isn’t accessible to the public due to the reservoir, but luckily when this park was renovated back in 2005 a nice walking trail was designed to skirt the fencing. This provides a good route for walking around… Continue reading Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space
Bitter Lake Playfield
Location: North Seattle Address: 13035 Linden Ave. N Acreage: 7.5 The Bitter Lake Playfield definitely feels a little worn… or well-loved if you’d rather put it that way. The playground has older equipment and the ballfield has seen many years of use. But, the special thing about this park is the short walking trail and… Continue reading Bitter Lake Playfield