Location: Capitol Hill Address: Summit Ave. E. and E. Olive Way Acreage: approx. 0.05 Turn back time to the 1980s as you enjoy Arcade Park, a tiny but worthy park that opened in 2017. You can also turn yourself into PacMan and gobble yellow dots as you wind your way through the painted maze that… Continue reading Arcade Plaza
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Broadway Hill Park
Location: Capitol Hill/Central Seattle Address: 500 Federal Ave. E. Acreage: 0.27 Opened in June 2016, this neighborhood park close to bustling Broadway street is a great use of public space. The corner lot is fabulously accessible with a paved path reachable from both streets that makes it easy for wheelchairs and strollers to use all… Continue reading Broadway Hill Park
12th Ave. Square Park
Location: Central District/Capitol Hill Address: 12th Ave. and E. James Ct. Acreage: 0.17 Just across the street from Seattle University is a new park that is perfect for a spring lunch break. Try to snag the picnic table (it’s even wheelchair friendly with room to scoot under the table) that sits to one side of… Continue reading 12th Ave. Square Park
Lakeview Place
Location: Central Seattle/Eastlake Address: 1042 Lakeview Blvd. E. Acreage: 0.004 Do we count a park that’s size is listed as 0.004 acres? And, it’s really just a not-terribly-accessible hillside? I doubt even the neighbors know this one’s a park, as Lakeview Place sits squeezed between two houses on a Capitol Hill slope overlooking I-5. The… Continue reading Lakeview Place
Belmont Place
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill Address: Belmont Pl. E. and Belmont Ave. E. Acreage: 0.02 I’ve talked about some strange Seattle parks, but this is definitely one of the oddest ones. This triangle of grass sports a beautiful old tree, but it is nearly impossible to tell that this is a park and not a piece… Continue reading Belmont Place
St. Marks Greenbelt
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill Address: 1500 Lakeview Blvd. E. Acreage: 2.9 Behind the looming St. Marks Cathedral begins a narrow little trail that takes you deep into this greenbelt. This small forested park is a gem in the densely urban Capitol Hill neighborhood. There’s also a bench at the top if you want to soak… Continue reading St. Marks Greenbelt
Spring Street Mini Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: E. Spring St. and 15th Ave. Acreage: 0.3 Spring Street Mini Park is the setting for a movie in the making by some local junior high kids on the cloudy day I visited. I watched one of them playfully boss around the main “actor,” making him redo his scene more than… Continue reading Spring Street Mini Park
Seven Hills Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1514 E. Howell St. Acreage: 0.39 Less than a year ago the Capitol Hill neighborhood got a nice new park out of what used to be a parking lot. They’ve managed to pack in a lot of features into this little urban spot, including a P-Patch garden, an inviting flat lawn,… Continue reading Seven Hills Park