Location: North Seattle Address: 2301 N.E. Northlake Way Acreage: 0.54 You’ll often spot a strange white vehicle entering and exiting Lake Union at the Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp just east of Gas Works Park. Ride the Ducks, the popular tourist attraction that every Seattle resident seems to have found themselves on at some point,… Continue reading Sunnyside Ave. N. Boat Ramp
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Gas Works Park
Location: North Seattle Address: 2101 N. Northlake Way Acreage: 19.1 I chose a day with the worst weather to visit one of the city’s best parks. At least I had it mostly to myself, which is quite a contrast to a sunny summer day. Not to mention the type of crowd you’ll find here on… Continue reading Gas Works Park
Wallingford Steps
Location: North Seattle Address: 3300 Wallingford Ave. N. Acreage: 0.2 When a steep hillside dense with blackberries was developed into a staircase about 10 years ago, walkers and runners got a convenient shortcut between Wallingford Ave. and Gas Works Park. This also makes it much easier for swarms of people to get in and out… Continue reading Wallingford Steps
Corliss Place & Keystone Place
Location: North Seattle Address: 50th St. and Keystone Pl. N. and 57th St. and Keystone Pl. N. Acreage: 0.15 and 0.22 Bored with the tired, crowded Green Lake loop? Here’s another walking option just a few blocks away that doesn’t have the lake views, but it passes through one of north Seattle’s cutest neighborhoods. Start… Continue reading Corliss Place & Keystone Place
Blue Ridge Places
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: N.W. Milford Way and Radford Ave. N.W. Acreage: 0.2 Down the street from Blue Ridge Circle, you’ll find its less obvious sister park, Blue Ridge Places. Also established as a park in the 1930s, this park with its two separate pieces on opposite sides of the road is tough to distinguish… Continue reading Blue Ridge Places
Blue Ridge Circle
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: N.W. Blue Ridge Dr. and N.W. Roundhill Cir. Acreage: 0.1 In this fancy north Seattle neighborhood of older stately homes are two older parks, Blue Ridge Circle and Blue Ridge Places. The first consists of a circular lawn with half a dozen large, elegant trees. These trees look like enticing places… Continue reading Blue Ridge Circle
14th Avenue N.W. Boat Ramp
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 4400 14th Ave. N.W. Acreage: 0.64 A kayaker is launching her boat from a dock in the heart of industrial maritime Ballard. The 14th Avenue N.W. Boat Ramp offers a place to launch your hand-carry or motorized boat for free. #190 (Visited 5/29/10)
Woodland Park
Location: North Seattle Address: Aurora Ave. N. and N. 59th St. Acreage: 90.9 Just to the east of the Woodland Park Zoo is the lesser known Woodland Park. It’s also a zoo of some sort, just not with quite so exotic animals. Instead of paying $9 to see some elephants and gorillas, you can gaze… Continue reading Woodland Park