Location: Madrona/Madison Park Address: 1740 E. Howell Pl. Acreage: 0.9 Roughly halfway between Madrona and Madison Park, take a turn off of Lake Washington Boulevard onto what looks like a short dead-end street and you’re in for a great surprise. This hidden waterfront park has no easy access (and unfortunately is not wheelchair- or stroller-friendly).… Continue reading Howell Park
Tag: Favorite Secret Parks
Mayfair Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 2600 2nd Ave. N. Acreage: 1.0 A little out of the way on the north-facing side of Queen Anne, you’ll find the sweet Mayfair Park. This park sits at the end of a dead-end street and backs into a ravine, making it almost entirely shaded with tall trees. In addition to… Continue reading Mayfair Park
Thomas C. Wales Park
Location: Queen Anne Address: 2401 6th Ave. N. Acreage: 1.3 What do you do with a former gravel pit? Turn it into a park and use the gravel to make art! Thomas C. Wales Park sits in the elbow that connects Dexter Ave. to 6th Ave. N., which gives you access to Queen Anne by… Continue reading Thomas C. Wales 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
Belvoir Place
Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 3659 42nd Ave. N.E. Acreage: 0.4 I’ve always been interested in that little bit of land that sticks out into Lake Washington, best seen from the 520 Bridge right before you reach the University. I expected to see amazing waterfront homes (check) and some nice views of the water and mountains… Continue reading Belvoir Place
Herring’s House Park & Terminal 107 Path
Location: West Seattle Address: W. Marginal Way S.W. and S.W. Alaska Acreage: 5.6 I just love a park that’s called Herring’s House. I guess it calls to my Scandinavian heritage. It also speaks to the heritage of the Duwamish people who once lived on this site. “Tohl-ahl-too” is the word for “Herring House” for the… Continue reading Herring’s House Park & Terminal 107 Path