Location: University DistrictAddress: 1117 N.E. Boat St.Acreage: 3.5 This really cool waterfront space opened in 2020 offering up another way to access Portage Bay along its north shore. No doubt already popular with students at University of Washington, Fritz Hedges is a lovely stretch of park within walking distance of campus. Pull up a seat… Continue reading Fritz Hedges Waterway Park
Category: northeast seattle
51st Ave. N.E. Street End
Location: Laurelhurst Address: 51st Ave. N.E. and N.E. Laurelcrest Ln. Acreage: Approx. 0.06 Did you know that nearly 150 streets in Seattle dead end on the waterfront? The city’s transportation department is improving a few of them each year so they look and act more like parks instead of forgotten spaces. I’ve written about many… Continue reading 51st Ave. N.E. Street End
UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture
Location: University District Address: 3501 N.E. 41st St. Acreage: 90 The Washington Park Arboretum gets a lot of attention for its fantastic gardens, pleasant trails and wetlands viewing. Much less visited, but also excellent, is the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture directly across Union Bay. This treasure for the university serves as an… Continue reading UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture
Wedgwood Rock
Location: Wedgwood/Ravenna Address: 28th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 72nd St. Acreage: Approx. 0.05 What’s 163 million years old and sitting quietly in a north Seattle residential neighborhood? The Wedgwood Rock! Not technically a park, but in the right-of-way strip between the curb and a sidewalk in Wedgwood, this glacial erratic is one of the biggest… Continue reading Wedgwood Rock
Finale: Ravenna Woods
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna/University District Address: 4633 Ravenna Ave. N.E. Acreage: 1.15 On a very cold morning a couple of weeks ago, I set out to visit the last Seattle Parks Department park on my list. Crunching along this path alone in the crisp, sunny weather felt like the perfect way to cap off the official… Continue reading Finale: Ravenna Woods
Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek
Location: North Seattle/Northgate Address: 5th Ave. N.E. & N.E. 103rd St. Acreage: approx. 10 Just a block or so from Northgate Mall and right behind the Northgate Community Center is a hidden little forested block where you can see the daylighted Thornton Creek. This is one section of Thornton Creek, which stretches in a diagonal… Continue reading Beaver Pond Natural Area on Thornton Creek
Hubbard Homestead
Location: North Seattle/Northgate Address: 11203 5th Ave N.E. Acreage: 3.73 Literally in Northgate Mall’s backyard (sitting right behind Target’s parking garage) is Hubbard Homestead. Originally a homestead in the first half of the last century, this park creates a pleasant space among the very commercial mall area. Besides a basketball court and several benches, there… Continue reading Hubbard Homestead
Thornton Creek Park #1/Licorice Fern Natural Area
Location: Northeast Seattle/Northgate Address: 13002 10th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 7.83 How’s that for a park name? I set out to find Thornton Creek Park #1 (curious name, since there appears to be no subsequent numbered parks), but I think I found what is now newly named the Licorice Fern Natural Area. At first glance from… Continue reading Thornton Creek Park #1/Licorice Fern Natural Area