Location: West Seattle Address: 5400 Fauntleroy Way S.W. Acreage: 5.3 Often overlooked by drivers speeding along on busy Fauntleroy Way, Fairmount Playground is a great park that seems to be hiding in plain sight. Despite two very nice (and one recently renovated) playgrounds, the park is never as busy as other West Seattle playgrounds. The… Continue reading Fairmount Playground
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Puget Ridge Playground
Location: West Seattle Address: 21st Ave. S.W. and Croft Pl. S.W. Acreage: 0.1 Close to South Seattle Community College is the sweetest neighborhood park built with toddlers and preschoolers in mind. The narrow strip of park squeezes in a little wooden play structure, a couple of stand-alone toys, sandbox, lawn space, picnic tables and benches.… Continue reading Puget Ridge Playground
Spruce Street Mini Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 160 21st Ave. Acreage: 0.7 I love Seattle’s neighborhood “mini parks.” They seem to get plenty of use and usually boast of not much more than a few benches, some tall trees and a play area. Unfortunately, it’s a miserable drizzly day when I visited Spruce Street Mini Park, but I… Continue reading Spruce Street Mini Park
Rainier Playfield
Location: South Seattle Address: 3700 S. Alaska St. Acreage: 9.5 With nearly every possible amenity neatly packed into its almost 10 acres, Rainier Playfield is one of a handful of what I like to think of as neighborhood hubs. These parks offer people living nearby a central place to find every type of recreational activity:… Continue reading Rainier Playfield
Lakewood Playground
Location: South Seattle Address: 5013 S. Angeline St. Acreage: 2.0 This sweet little park is tucked away in an area of beautiful old homes that sits between Columbia City and Lake Washington. There’s not a whole lot to it, but you will find a large play field and a good playground for kids. They’ll especially… Continue reading Lakewood Playground
John C. Little, Sr. Park
Location: South Seattle Address: 6961 37th Ave. S. Acreage: 5.8 John C. Little, Sr. Park is a long, but narrow stretch of greenspace that squeezes in several basketball courts, a spray park and a playground among tree-lined walking paths. The new playground and spray park opened in 2010 and are examples of some of the… Continue reading John C. Little, Sr. Park
Van Asselt Playground
Location: South Seattle Address: S. Myrtle St. and Beacon Ave. S. Acreage: 9.0 South Beacon Hill residents have it all in Van Asselt Playground. You’ll find tennis courts, basketball courts, great playfields, summer wading pool, new playground and a beautiful community center. But, don’t miss the trails on the north end of the park that… Continue reading Van Asselt Playground
Highland Park Playground
Location: West Seattle Address: 1100 S.W. Cloverdale St. Acreage: 6.4 A nice playground, huge lawn, playfields and tennis courts give Highland Park neighbors a place to play. This West Seattle park, which has been around since the 1920s, even has a little view of the mountains on a clear day. Neighborhood kids are waiting anxiously… Continue reading Highland Park Playground