Location: Queen Anne Address: W. Ewing St. and 3rd Ave. W. Acreage: 0.3 West Ewing Mini Park is a sweet little spot near Seattle Pacific University, close to Fremont and Queen Anne. Pull up a bench with your lunch to enjoy views of the canal or use the park as a starting point for a… Continue reading West Ewing Mini Park
Category: central seattle
Interbay Athletic Complex
Location: Magnolia/Interbay Address: 3027 17th Ave. W. Acreage: 7.4 The Interbay Athletic Complex is quite a complex. More than $8 million went into creating a nine-hole golf course, driving range, putting course, soccer stadium (including seats for 900 fans) and baseball/softball/t-ball fields. If you’re thinking $8 million is a lot of bucks, you’ll be happy… Continue reading Interbay Athletic Complex
Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2351 Broadway Ave. E. Acreage: 0.15 Well, Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex is a fancy name for a square of grass. In fact, since it’s surrounded by gorgeous old homes on the northern end of Capitol Hill, it looks like it is someone’s lawn. I suspect this plot of grass is mostly used… Continue reading Harvard-Miller Roanoke Annex
Bagley Viewpoint
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2548 Delmar Dr. E. Acreage: 0.1 Bagley Viewpoint sits just off Delmar Dr., the road that crosses Highway 520 connecting the Eastlake and Montlake neighborhoods. It takes a quick maneuver to pull into the tiny parking lot in front of this park. Not much more than a viewpoint, it looks out… Continue reading Bagley Viewpoint
Roanoke Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 950 E. Roanoke St. Acreage: 2.2 A park can say a lot about the neighborhood that surrounds it. Roanoke Park is clean, beautifully maintained and features old, elegant trees that line its four sides. The homes around this park are gorgeous, statuesque structures that must date back a century. They are… Continue reading Roanoke Park
Ursula Judkins Viewpoint
Location: Magnolia Address: W. Galer St. and Magnolia Way W. Acreage: 2.4 Ursula Judkins Viewpoint is the upper portion of a recent Parks Department acquisition. The city purchased land from the U. S. Navy in 2003 to create this park, as well as the lower Smith Cove Park. Many parks in Magnolia have great views,… Continue reading Ursula Judkins Viewpoint
Discovery Park
Location: Magnolia Address: 3801 W. Government Way Acreage: 512.5 A working lighthouse, an Indian cultural center, military housing, a marine reserve. Twelve miles of hiking trails, a children’s play area, tennis courts, picnic tables. That’s not even to mention harbor seals, sea lions, coyotes and more than 250 species of birds. Even a well-concealed sewage… Continue reading Discovery Park
Commodore Park
Location: Magnolia Address: 3330 W. Commodore Way Acreage: 3.9 There’s so much to see at Commodore Park on the very north side of Magnolia, just across from the Ballard Locks. Today there’s a train slowly crossing the trestle overhead and a toddler and his dad have stopped to watch this impressive event transpire. On other… Continue reading Commodore Park