Location: Montlake/Central Seattle Address: Boyer Ave. E. and E. Shelby St. Acreage: approx. <1.0 Descend the cement stairs where E. Shelby Street ends in the Montlake area and you’ll find a very private beachfront mini park. This hidden spot sports a tidy lawn ringed with shrubs. A narrow spot gives you access to the water… Continue reading E. Shelby Street End
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E. Hamlin Street End
Location: Montlake/Central Seattle Address: Boyer Ave. E. and E. Hamlin St. Acreage: approx. <1.0 A secret spot sits at the end of E. Hamlin St. in the Montlake neighborhood. Almost completely hidden by trees and bushes is a small stepping stone path leading to the water. Beautiful trees and plants surround the small patch of… Continue reading E. Hamlin Street End
E. Edgar Street End
Location: Montlake/Central Seattle Address: Boyer Ave. E. and E. Edgar St. Acreage: approx. <1.0 You can spend a whole day exploring more than a dozen waterfront street ends between the Montlake and Eastlake neighborhoods. I took a walk beginning at the Montlake Playfield (which has a beautiful waterfront path and a fabulous new playground). Follow… Continue reading E. Edgar Street End
Louisa Boren Park & Lookout
Location: Central Seattle Address: 15th Ave. E. and E. Olin Pl. Acreage: 7.2 Seattle pioneer Louisa Boren Denny got her own park in 1913 when a section of the larger Interlaken Park was renamed in her honor. You can access her park through a narrow trail shooting off from the main Interlaken Dr. E. Or,… Continue reading Louisa Boren Park & Lookout
Interlaken Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2451 Delmar Dr. E. Acreage: 51.7 If you’ve run the post-Thanksgiving marathon or half-marathon in Seattle, you’ve probably cursed Interlaken Park and its incredibly challenging hill. I suggest you return on a non-race day to see what more relaxing features this incredible forested park has to offer. First off, if you… Continue reading Interlaken Park
McCurdy Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2161 E. Hamlin St. Acreage: 1.5 I thought McCurdy Park had to be one of Seattle’s least likely locations for a park. I found it on accident while crossing 520 on 24th Ave. near MOHAI. I definitely wouldn’t have known it was a park except for the Parks Department sign that… Continue reading McCurdy Park
East Montlake Park
Location: Central Seattle/Montlake Address: 2802 East Park Dr. E. Acreage: 7.1 After visiting West Montlake Park, I had to cross Mountlake Boulevard to see what its brother on the east side looked like. I didn’t think anything could beat the westerly views, but I was wrong. Standing on the wooden viewing platform at East Montlake… Continue reading East Montlake Park
Montlake Boulevard
Location: Central Seattle/Montlake Address: Montlake Blvd. E. and E. Hamlin St. Acreage: 0.3 It’s hard to call Montlake Boulevard a park. It’s really a nicely maintained strip of grass and trees acting as a divider between the two directions of traffic next to the very busy Montlake Bridge. But there’s a nice place to cross… Continue reading Montlake Boulevard