Seattle Parks and Recreation Open Space Gap Report and 2011 Update

The original 2001 Open Space Gap Report used Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technology as a means of illustrating the open space goals in the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Seattle’s Parks and Recreation Plan 2000, thus helping to identify where future open space investments should be made. Thanks to Seattle voters, the 2000 Pro Parks Levy and the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy have allowed the City to acquire and develop significant new park land.

The following Open Space Gap Report 2011 update uses GIS maps, demographic data and other information to track Parks and Green Spaces Levy-funded and other acquisitions and identifies remaining gaps in Seattle’s open space network.  The 2011 Update was also the basis for potential acquisitions detailed in the Seattle Parks and Recreation 2011 Development Plan.

• 2011 Open Space Gap Report Update (14M)

• 2006 Open Space Gap Report Update (213k)
  Appendix A title page (7k)
• Map 1: Gaps in Usable Open Space Citywide (1.8M)
• Map 2: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northwest Sector (2.1M)
• Map 3: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northeast Sector (2M)
• Map 4: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the West Sector (2M)
• Map 5: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the East Sector (1.9M)
• Map 6: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southwest Sector (2M)
• Map 7: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southeast Sector (1.9M)
• Map 8: New Parks & Pending Projects that Add Open Space 2001-present
  (1M)
• Map 9: Urban Village Residential Densities 2004 (1.7M)
• Map 10: Urban Village Residential Densities 2024 (Estimated) (1.7M)
Appendix B - Usable Open Space Tables (205k)

• 2001 Open Space Gap Report (117k)
• Map 1: Gaps in Breathing Room Open Space (545k)
• Map 2: Gaps in Usable Open Space (749k)
• Map 3: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northwest Sector (872k)
• Map 4: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Northeast Sector (801k)
• Map 5: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the West Sector (848k)
• Map 6: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the East Sector (898k)
• Map 7: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southwest Sector (806k)
• Map 8: Gaps in Usable Open Space in the Southeast Sector (770k)
• Map 9: Pro Parks Levy Projects (608k)

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