Location: West Seattle Address: 5206 26th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 1.1 The Delridge neighborhood, perhaps surprisingly, is actually one of the best places to walk in West Seattle. And, a great place to set off from is Cottage Grove Park just a couple of blocks from the busy Delridge Ave. Cottage Grove was revamped a few… Continue reading Cottage Grove Park
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Delridge Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 4458 Delridge Ave. S.W. Acreage: 14 Cute colorful signposts point the way to various points in West Seattle and beyond at Delridge Playfield, a huge well-maintained park in the Delridge neighborhood. The playground’s colorful equipment is new and welcoming. Also welcoming for picnics or games of Frisbee are the freshly cut,… Continue reading Delridge Playfield
Schmitz Boulevard
Location: West Seattle Address: 58th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Stevens St. Acreage: 2.39 Schmitz Boulevard creates a connection between Schmitz Preserve Park and Alki Playground, which leads on to Alki Beach. This is a great area of Seattle for exploring several parks in one visit. #256 (Visited 3/16/11)
Alki Playground
Location: West Seattle Address: 5817 S.W. Lander St. Acreage: 3.9 More commonly called whale tail park for the sculpture kids like to climb on at the west end of the park, Alki Playground is a popular spot in West Seattle almost year-round. You’ll find this park just a block or so from the busy Alki… Continue reading Alki Playground
Bar-S Playground
Location: West Seattle Address: 6425 S.W. Admiral Way Acreage: 4.2 Bar-S Playground is a large park that hides itself in the Alki area of West Seattle by being just barely off the busy main drag. Designed to host Little League games, it should be called Bar-S Ballfields, because there are two large ones (but no… Continue reading Bar-S Playground
Fauntleroy Place
Location: West Seattle Address: Fauntleroy Way S.W. and 38th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 0.07 Fauntleroy Place is a small, sloped triangle park in the West Seattle neighborhood. Most people don’t pay it much notice, but you can pull up a seat on the park’s single bench and watch traffic coming and going to the West Seattle… Continue reading Fauntleroy Place
Junction Plaza Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 42nd Ave. S.W. and S.W. Alaska St. Acreage: 0.15 West Seattle has a lot of nice parks, many with views and access to the waterfront, but until last summer it didn’t have a park in the heart of the “Junction.” And the “Junction” is very important to the West Seattlelites. So,… Continue reading Junction Plaza Park
Myrtle Reservoir Park
Location: West Seattle Address: S.W. Myrtle St. and 35th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 3.5 Throughout Seattle, nearly every neighborhood has a monstrous above-ground water reservoir. A cool development by the Parks Department is the trend of moving these reservoirs underground, and thereby opening up large spaces as usable park space. West Seattle just gained such a… Continue reading Myrtle Reservoir Park