Location: North Seattle Address: 4103 N.E. 65th St. Acreage: 4.1 Bryant Neighborhood Playground is a pleasant green space on busy 65th St. in North Seattle. The park is lined with trees and features several tall deciduous varieties that offer plenty of shade on a warm day. This is a good playground for little ones, and… Continue reading Bryant Neighborhood Playground
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Hiawatha Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 2700 California Ave. S.W. Acreage: 10.3 In 1911 the Hiawatha Playfield (first called the West Seattle Playfield) was opened as the largest playfield in Seattle. The Olmsted brothers had a hand in the early design. It’s still a popular park today with a great location in West Seattle’s Admiral neighborhood between… Continue reading Hiawatha Playfield
Pratt Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1800 S. Main St. Acreage: 5.6 Pratt Park is another Central District park that connects through a network of great walking trails. I reached Pratt Park by foot from nearby Lavizzo Park. After checking out the nice playground for little kids at Lavizzo Park, it was great to see that the… Continue reading Pratt Park
Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2100 S. Jackson St. Acreage: 2.0 Parks are critically important to the health of a community, especially kids’ well-being. So, it was heartening to see some great play spaces for kids in Seattle’s Central District today. Take a stroller and check out this area’s great network of parks that connect through… Continue reading Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
Westcrest Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 9000 8th Ave. SW Acreage: 81.1 If you’re looking for some space to run that rambunctious dog of yours, check out Westcrest on the eastern side of West Seattle. There’s no need to worry about your overly excited pet mowing over littler ones in the four-acre dog park that makes up… Continue reading Westcrest Park
Judkins Park and Playfield
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2150 S. Norman St. Acreage: 6.2 Judkins Park has great walking and biking connections to other nearby parks and the popular I-90 trail. This large park also has ball fields, tennis courts and lots of picnic spots. The play area is very nice and ADA-accessible. Judkins also has a “spray park,”… Continue reading Judkins Park and Playfield
Sam Smith Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Acreage: 15.2 Sam Smith Park is a really cool use of public space. This park floats over parts of I-90 in an area sometimes called the “I-90 Lid.” Great trails for biking, walking and running connect this park to several other nearby parks, including… Continue reading Sam Smith Park
Firehouse Mini Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 712 18th Ave. Acreage: 0.3 One of Seattle’s cutest little parks is hidden on a residential street across from Swedish Hospital’s Cherry Street Campus. Filled with tall trees that shade nearly the entire park, you feel like you’re far away from the busy street just a few yards away. Benches and… Continue reading Firehouse Mini Park