Location: Queen Anne Address: 5th Ave. N. and Blaine St. Acreage: 0.87 The other of my two favorite new discoveries, Trolley Hill Park sits on the eastern edge of Queen Anne Hill and feels like a secret hideaway. It doesn’t look like much from the busy street, but once you get into the park you’ll… Continue reading Trolley Hill Park
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Maclean Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: Taylor Ave. N. and Newton St. Acreage: 1.02 I made a great discovery on Queen Anne recently and found two of my favorite new parks. Maclean Park, on the eastern side of the Hill not only offers fabulous views of Lake Union and beyond, but its lovely trails connect to nearby… Continue reading Maclean Park
Kinnear Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 899 W. Olympic Pl. Acreage: 14.1 Lesser known than Kerry Park, but I think more interesting and with also some great views is Kinnear Park in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. I love the gorgeous tall trees and huge sloped lawn that would be a perfect place to lay out a picnic… Continue reading Kinnear Park
Soundview Terrace
Location: Queen Anne Address: 2500 11th Ave. W. Acreage: 0.3 This is one of my favorite newly discovered parks. Soundview Terrace on the western end of Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is perched on a steep hillside. If I had been the park’s engineer, I would have taken one look at the geography of the site… Continue reading Soundview Terrace
Rainbow Point
Location: North Seattle Address: N.E. 75th St. and Banner Way N.E. Acreage: 0.79 I find this park nearly impossible to get to by car. It’s on a small street just off the very busy Banner Way N.E. near Green Lake that’s clogged with traffic right now due to road construction. A better way is on… Continue reading Rainbow Point
Bellevue Place
Location: Central Seattle Address: Bellevue Pl. E. and Bellevue Ave. E. Acreage: 1.4 Bellevue Place is one of my new favorite finds. This completely hidden park takes some sleuthing to locate. I drove in circles around this part of Capitol Hill until I finally turned down a very small dead-end residential street and discovered it.… Continue reading Bellevue Place
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
Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area
Location: Central Seattle Address: 3525 E Terrace St. Acreage: 3.23 I almost decided not to visit this mouthful of a park, thinking it would be an inaccessible ravine not really intended for visitors. So, I was pretty surprised when I detoured from my walk to give it a shot and found a small, but wonderful… Continue reading Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area