queen anne

Trolley Hill Park

July 22, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: 5th Ave. N. and Blaine St.
Acreage: 0.87

The other of my two favorite new discoveries, Trolley Hill Park sits on the eastern edge of Queen Anne Hill and feels like a secret hideaway.

It doesn’t look like much from the busy […]

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Maclean Park

July 20, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: Taylor Ave. N. and Newton St.
Acreage: 1.02

I made a great discovery on Queen Anne recently and found two of my favorite new parks.

Maclean Park, on the eastern side of the Hill not only offers fabulous views of Lake Union and […]

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Counterbalance Park: An Urban Oasis

July 15, 2011
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: Queen Anne Ave. N. and Roy St.
Acreage: 0.28

No, I did not add a personal opinion to the title of this post. The park’s quirky name is actually Counterbalance Park: An Urban Oasis. In 2008 the city opened this park on […]

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Blaine Place

June 27, 2011
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Location: Queen Anne
Address: W. Olympic Pl. and 6th Ave. W.
Acreage: 0.03

Another triangle-with-a-tree-park, but Blaine Place does provide a lower access point to the wonderful Kinnear Park. Look for the trail that starts just north of the triangle.

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