Location: South Seattle/Mount Baker Address: 2521 Lake Park Drive S. Acreage: 21.7 Start at the top of Mount Baker Park and follow the quiet wooded trails down to the waterfront and Lake Washington Boulevard. You’ll pass tennis courts and a playground that includes a cool zip line I was secretly dying to try. From the… Continue reading Mount Baker Park
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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
Hutchinson Playground
Location: South Seattle Address: S. Norfolk St. and 59th Ave. S Acreage: 4.4 If you’re wondering if the esteemed cancer research center has a connection to this south Seattle playground, you’re right! Fred Hutchinson was a famous baseball player who played with the Seattle Rainiers and Detroit Tigers and grew up playing ball on this… Continue reading Hutchinson Playground
Warren G. Magnuson Park
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 7400 Sand Point Way N.E. Acreage: 320 Warren G. Magnuson Park is one of Seattle’s biggest parks. Only Discovery Park at more than 500 acres and Green Lake Park (by a hair) are bigger than this 320-acre waterfront park in northeast Seattle. And, I am going to make the argument that… Continue reading Warren G. Magnuson Park
Bryant Neighborhood Playground
Location: North Seattle Address: 4103 N.E. 65th St. Acreage: 4.1 Bryant Neighborhood Playground is a pleasant green space on busy 65th St. in North Seattle. The park is lined with trees and features several tall deciduous varieties that offer plenty of shade on a warm day. This is a good playground for little ones, and… Continue reading Bryant Neighborhood Playground
Hiawatha Playfield
Location: West Seattle Address: 2700 California Ave. S.W. Acreage: 10.3 In 1911 the Hiawatha Playfield (first called the West Seattle Playfield) was opened as the largest playfield in Seattle. The Olmsted brothers had a hand in the early design. It’s still a popular park today with a great location in West Seattle’s Admiral neighborhood between… Continue reading Hiawatha Playfield
Judkins Park and Playfield
Location: Central Seattle Address: 2150 S. Norman St. Acreage: 6.2 Judkins Park has great walking and biking connections to other nearby parks and the popular I-90 trail. This large park also has ball fields, tennis courts and lots of picnic spots. The play area is very nice and ADA-accessible. Judkins also has a “spray park,”… Continue reading Judkins Park and Playfield
Sam Smith Park
Location: Central Seattle Address: 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Acreage: 15.2 Sam Smith Park is a really cool use of public space. This park floats over parts of I-90 in an area sometimes called the “I-90 Lid.” Great trails for biking, walking and running connect this park to several other nearby parks, including… Continue reading Sam Smith Park