Location: West Seattle Address: 5062 S.W. Admiral Way Acreage: 0.3 Seattle has had a sister-city relationship with Nantes for more than 25 years. In 2005, we honored the French town by opening a new park in their honor in West Seattle. If you speed by on busy Admiral Way, you’ll miss this sweet park that… Continue reading Nantes Park
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Cormorant Cove
Location: West Seattle Address: 3701 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: 0.6 From Andover Place, walk a few minutes north on foot and you’ll find Cormorant Cove. Of the three mini waterfront parks, this is my favorite. Not quite as tiny as its sisters, Cormorant Cove has a nice grass lawn and gently sloping path leading down… Continue reading Cormorant Cove
Andover Place
Location: West Seattle Address: 4000 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: 0.2 Next in line of these mini waterfront parks is Andover Place, just a few hundred feet from Weather Watch Park. This narrow park is easy to miss if you aren’t looking for it. Squeezed between two homes, there’s just enough room for some native plants… Continue reading Andover Place
Weather Watch Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 4035 Beach Drive S.W. Acreage: approx. 0.06 West Seattle has a huge amount of waterfront that is accessible to the public. Between Alki Beach Park and Lincoln Park alone, there are literally miles of public shoreline. But, some of my favorite places to access the Puget Sound in this neighborhood are… Continue reading Weather Watch Park
Riverview Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 7226 12th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 42.3 Riverview Playfield is a big park perched on the bluff on the far eastern end of West Seattle. Dozens of baseball, softball and soccer fields are situated one after another in this long stretch of park. You’ll also find a large playground and tennis courts.… Continue reading Riverview Playfield
High Point Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 6920 34th Ave. S.W. Acreage: 11.2 If you haven’t been in the High Point neighborhood in West Seattle lately (or ever), this park isn’t the only reason to visit. Sitting on the edge of a new, huge, award-winning planned community, High Point Playfield looks a little worn compared to its new… Continue reading High Point Playfield
Ercolini Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 48th Ave. S.W. and S.W. Alaska St. Acreage: 0.53 It’s rumored that there’s a baby boom in West Seattle and from the amount of use Ercolini Park gets, I would not be surprised if this is true. This park, completed in 2008 with Pro Parks funds, is definitely geared toward kiddos,… Continue reading Ercolini Park
Jack Block Park
Location: West Seattle Address: 2130 Harbor Ave. S.W. Acreage: 15 I discovered Jack Block Park recently and was so impressed with its hidden views that I dragged some friends there to check it out again today. Even in the wind and with dark storm clouds looming, this park impressed us all. Actually owned and maintained… Continue reading Jack Block Park