Location: North Seattle Address: 600 N.E. Northlake Way Acreage: 0.8 North Passage Point Park, between Fremont and the University District, is the northern sibling of South Passage Point Park, which is located across the water in the Eastlake neighborhood. It looks pretty similar to its sister, with some picnic tables, a few trees and a… Continue reading North Passage Point Park
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Froula Playground
Location: North Seattle Address: 7200 12th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 2.7 Froula Playground shares its space with the Roosevelt Reservoir just north of the Roosevelt neighborhood in North Seattle. It’s not particularly easy to access by car or foot due to the busy roads that surround it, but the best place to enter this park is… Continue reading Froula Playground
Ravenna Park & Ravenna Park Triangle
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna Address: 5520 Ravenna Ave. N.E. Acreage: 49.9 I can’t believe I had never been to Ravenna Park before. Fifty acres of quiet, wooded trails carved out of a ravine that was formed by run-off from the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet. The park seems like such a gem it’s hard to believe that… Continue reading Ravenna Park & Ravenna Park Triangle
Cowen Park
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna Address: 5849 15th Ave. N.E. Acreage: 8.4 Cowen Park sits adjacent to Ravenna Park in north Seattle. I’m actually not sure why it was designated as a separate park because the two blend together so much it’s hard to tell where one starts and the other ends. But anyway, it is a… Continue reading Cowen Park
Ravenna Boulevard
Location: North Seattle/Ravenna Address: N.E. Ravenna Blvd. to East Greenlake Way N. Acreage: 6.4 Aptly named, Ravenna Boulevard really doesn’t look or act like a park. It’s a long, grassy, tree-lined boulevard that goes from Green Lake to Ravenna Park. It doesn’t have a walking path, so it’s not accessible or stroller-friendly. But, it’s a… Continue reading Ravenna Boulevard
University Playground
Location: North Seattle/University District Address: 9th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 50th St. Acreage: 2.7 You’re as likely to see a homeless man lounging in the shade as you are a hipster mom pushing a double Bob stroller at University Playground. With a location just a block or so from I-5, the park is a regular… Continue reading University Playground
Matthews Beach Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: Sand Point Way N.E. and N.E. 93rd St. Acreage: 22 I sometimes think Matthews Beach Park gets a little forgotten and neglected in the shadow of its more popular big brother, Magnuson Park. It’s much smaller, it doesn’t have any exciting geographic features like the hills at Magnuson that are so… Continue reading Matthews Beach Park