Location: North Seattle/Wallingford Address: 4219 Wallingford Ave. N. Acreage: 4.5 Another hub of the Wallingford neighborhood is the Wallingford Playfield. School is letting out for the day as I arrived and a group of 20 kids are carrying what looks like band equipment into the park. I’m surprised when, instead of tuning up their instruments,… Continue reading Wallingford Playfield
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Magnolia Park
Location: Magnolia Address: 1461 Magnolia Blvd. W. Acreage: 12.1 One of the best walks in Seattle starts at Magnolia Park at the south end of the Magnolia neighborhood. Just be prepared to share it with tour buses. You can start your outing at the park with a picnic and views of Elliott Bay and West… Continue reading Magnolia Park
Soundview Playfield
Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 1590 N.W. 90th St. Acreage: 10.5 Soundview Playfield is Crown Hill’s action center for all ages on a sunny September Saturday. Six-year-olds are tearing around the castle-like play structure. A four-year-old is riding his scooter up and down the park’s small hill. A 20-something is simultaneously catching up on sleep and… Continue reading Soundview Playfield
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
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
Leschi Park
Location: Central Seattle/Leschi Address: 201 Lakeside Ave. S. Acreage: 18.5 It’s one of the last warm days of summer, and I’ve caught some kids getting a cheap thrill in Leschi. One after another, with giggles and shouts, they’re jumping from the pier next to the harbor into Lake Washington. Over and over, the scene repeats.… Continue reading Leschi Park
Observatory Courts
Location: Queen Anne/Central Seattle Address: 1405 Warren Ave. N. Acreage: 0.8 I was curious to visit the Observatory Courts mostly because I thought it is a very peculiar name for a park, and I wanted to know what there was to observe. Well, it turns out this park is just two nicely maintained tennis courts… Continue reading Observatory Courts
Brighton Playfield
Location: South Seattle Address: 6000 39th Ave. S. Acreage: 12.3 Tucked behind Aki Kurose Elementary School close to Martin Luther King Way, Brighton Playfield is one of those great neighborhood parks that is mostly unknown outside its immediate community. But, Brighton is a lovely playfield with plenty of space for all kinds of play by… Continue reading Brighton Playfield