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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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
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
Seward Park
Location: South Seattle Address: 5898 Lake Washington Blvd. S. Acreage: 299.1 On an airplane descending into Seattle in clear weather, you can hear people ask, “What’s that green space jutting out into the lake?” The response, of course, is one of Seattle’s best gems: Seward Park. Set aside in 1911, Seward Park, at 277 acres,… Continue reading Seward Park