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This is a woonerf-designed park which provides pedestrians and cyclists priority on the street. This technique of shared spaces, traffic calming, and low speed limits contributes to improved pedestrian, bicycle, and automobile safety.
This little neighborhood park was built in 1983. The park is located on a steep slope within designated Environmental Critical Areas, including designated Wildlife Habitat, and is part of the SW Queen Anne Greenbelt. A paved pathway provides access to a staircase through the greenbelt that connects the neighborhood to 13th Avenue West.
In the shadow of the Ballard Bridge, this small ramp leads into the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The site offers two piers, two launch lanes, and is one of Seattle's free of charge launch ramps.
This park is a small community green space with deciduous trees and ground cover.
32nd Ave W boat launch is a hand carry boat launch beach at the southern street end of 32nd Avenue West in Magnoli. It provides lovely views of the Puget sound and surrounding shoreline.
Originally a surplused Seattle City Light substation, this park is now a cozy neighborhood place to relax and play. The park features include a large lawn area, landscaping, paths, neighborhood gathering area, and interactive features for children's play. Of particular note are the mural arches, lovely marble chess tiles, and entry columns with tiles designed by renowned northwest artist Alden Mason.
Built on a steep hillside, Ernst Park is comprised of a spiraling path of water-permeable concrete, bordered by artful garden-bed walls that park designer Lynn Thompson created to serve as seating.
Adams Street hand-carry boat launch is a 50-foot section of shoreline located at the northern end of the public parking lot at Adams St. and Lake Washington Blvd. S.
This little park is just about in the back yard of the Lake City Branch of the Seattle Public Library. Come and relax while your little ones enjoy the accessible sandbox, slide and whirl.
This park in development in the heart of the Greenwood/Phinney Urban Village has now been named Alice Ball Park. It features a multi-use space that includes natural play elements, an open lawn, a gathering/plaza space with seating, a loop path, and planted areas
Alki Beach Park is a long beach strip that runs roughly from 64th Place SW to Duwamish Head on Elliott Bay. It's a great spot for a long walk any time of year, and in the summer draws joggers, rollerbladers, volleyball players, sunbathers, bicyclists and strollers out to enjoy the sun.
Alki Playfield adjoins the Alki Elementary School and Alki Community Center. The park features basketball, an innovative play area accessible to youngsters with disabilities, restrooms, a soccer field, a softball field, and accessible tennis courts. It is also home to the popular Whale Tail sculpture, a sand play area, artwork and landscaping with stone built into the walkways and landscape beds.
Alvin Larkins Park provides a place of respite for the neighbors and merchants in the nearby Madrona business area. Seattle Parks and Recreation bought the land for the park, located at the corner of E Pike St. and 34th Ave. E in Madrona, in 1973 and developed it in 1975. It features benches set along a path that winds through the park; it is landscaped with maple, pine and fir trees, and has an expanse of lawn that's perfect for tossing a Frisbee or a ball. In spring the cherry trees provide a pop of pink. This popular neighborhood gathering place hosts picnics, barbecues, music and other events.
Amy Yee Tennis Center offers 10 indoor courts, 6 outdoor courts and a wide array of programs.
Andover Place is a narrow path between buildings, providing public access to the beach. Tree trunks washed up on the beach make excellent spots to sit and enjoy the view.
Arroyo Heights is a 7.5 acre undeveloped area in a quiet neighborhood with great views of Puget Sound.
Atlantic City Boat Ramp is one of Seattle Parks and Recreation's launching sites for power boats. Located in a protected cove along Seward Park Avenue south of Beer Sheva Park at the intersection of S Henderson St., Atlantic City is the southernmost Seattle boat ramp on Lake Washington.
Atlantic Street Park is the possible birthplace of "Princess Angeline," daughter of Chief Seattle. A log cabin once stood about 100ft from the corner of the park where her birthplace may have been. This park is now a great neighborhood playground along the I-90 interstate corridor with seating, playground equipment, outdoor fitness equipment, paths, and respite.
B.F. Day Playground is adjacent to B.F. Day Elementary School in Fremont, at the corner of Fremont Avenue N and N 41st Street. The park has a children's play area that is accessible to youngsters with disabilities and comes complete with a slide, climbing features, baby swings, a whirl, and a bouncy-spring toy!
Bagley Viewpoint is one of our many fine viewpoints that overlook the SR 520 floating bridge, Lake Washington, Bellevue, and beyond. The UW stadium is also visible from here, and with its easy-to-access parking lot, makes for the perfect spot to spend your lunch hour.
Baker Park has a small "natural play" area - no play equipment, only wood chips and two large rocks - with a pedestrian path that meanders through it, and a Totem Pole made from a monkey puzzle tree. There are two picnic tables.
Ballard Commons Park features a skate bowl, water feature, engaging public art, relaxing seating areas and lawns and ADA accessible walkways. The park forms part of a new municipal center in Ballard, with a Seattle Public Library branch and Neighborhood Service Center.
This cool, small neighborhood park includes a bike rack, walking path, a bench, cement couches (like a living room!), abstract jungle-gym, and interpretive park entryway.
Ballard Playfield is adjacent to Ballard Community Center and Adams Elementary School. It is a multi-purpose playfield featuring a children's play area and a soccer/baseball/softball field.
The Bar-S "Little League" Playground in West Seattle features two grass youth baseball fields.
Bayview Playground features a grass baseball field, basketball hoops, a children's play area, and restrooms.
Often called Lower Kerry Park, this part of the park is below the famous viewpoint. A fun place to frolic, it offers a large lawn area, landscaping, paths, neighborhood gathering area and children's play equipment. Franklin Place, across the street from Bayview-Kinnear to the southeast, is also part of Kerry Park property.
Beacon Hill Playfield, a neighborhood park next to Beacon Hill Elementary School, features ADA-accessible basketball hoops and a children's play area, picnic tables, accessible restrooms, a soccer and softball field, accessible tennis courts and an accessible wading pool.
Originally donated by Edward F. Wittler (1851-1917), a prominent business man and real estate developer, this park is undeveloped open space on Dearborn Street between the I-5 and Jose Rizal Bridge underpasses.
The perfect place to visit on a summer day, Beer Sheva Park is located in southeast Seattle. The view across Lake Washington to Mercer Island and the Cascade Mountains is incomparable. This spot is popular for picnics, community gatherings, yoga classes and more.
Bell Street Park is a park-like corridor through the heart of Belltown. The four block park has one lane of traffic and boasts improved landscaping, better lighting, and more open space. The continuous level pavement encourages pedestrians, cyclists, and automobiles to share the space.
Bellevue Place is small grassy slope overlooking Lake Union across I-5. A short bike path runs through along bottom of the hill, connecting Melrose Ave E to a bridge over the highway to Eastlake Avenue.
Belltown Cottage Park is adjacent to the Belltown P-Patch. The three historic cottages in the park formerly hosted writers from the Richard Hugo House's Writers-in-Residence program, however currently there are only 2 writers that remain while the City explores options for maintaining the Park as a Seattle historic site. In the meantime, the open spaces of the park are being maintained completely by the community.
Named for an adjacent street, this mini-park is among a group of small plots donated by Seattle city founders David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916).
This park has a stunning view across Elliott Bay to downtown Seattle, and on clear days to the Cascade Mountains and Mt. Rainier. Divided into two parts on the east and west sides of Admiral Way, the east section features a totem pole depicting stylized beavers, fish and frogs. Belvedere Viewpoint is a popular spot for scenic photos and as a backdrop for wedding and other ceremonial photos.
Belvoir Place is a small waterfront park located at 42nd Avenue NE near Surber Drive NE in Laurelhurst. This small park overlooks Union Bay.
Benefit Playground is located at 38th Avenue S and S Benefit Street. Developed in 1982, the park features basketball hoops, benches, landscaping, pathways, a picnic shelter, skatedot and a children's play area.
Benvenuto Viewpoint is a small space that overlooks the highway and features views of the city.
Bergen Place Park in downtown Ballard is located in the heart of the business district on the triangular site between Leary Avenue, 22nd Avenue NW, and Market Street. Benches and trees line the open square. The park is home to Artist Jenn Lee Dixon's "Witness Trees" and a community information kiosk. Bergen Place was named for Bergen, Norway, one of Seattle's International Sister Cities.
Featuring one of the best views in the city, this unusual park is neatly sandwiched into a steep residential area and makes ingenious use of a "difficult" space. From the sloping hillside you have a great view of downtown, Lake Union, the I-5 freeway and Capitol Hill. The park is furnished with benches, a bike rack and a drinking fountain in case you want to stay and gaze a while. It’s a great place to watch the July 4th fireworks. From the upper part of the park, you can walk down the steep, ivied hill - passing azaleas, rhododendrons, and more surprise views - to a patch of grass with a play area for kids and a pergola for parents. Plan on a visit to this one-of-a-kind oasis in the heart of the city next time you visit the Queen Anne neighborhood. The view even inspired a song!
Bitter Lake Playfield is a fun neighborhood park that features lighted tennis courts, lighted ball fields, a wading pool, restrooms and play structures.
A simple neighborhood park, Bitter Lake Reservoir is a great place for the community to gather and play. A fence encircles the reservoir itself, so access is limited, but for simple purposes this park has what you need.
This is a street triangle and was given to the city by founders David Thomas Denny and Louisa Boren Denny in 1886.
Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park is a narrow park that connects S Jackson St. and E Yesler Way. Its many oak, poplar, and other shade trees give the park a sense of seclusion even though there are houses and apartments on its east and west sides. The park also features a large grassy area with picnic tables and grills, a picnic shelter with fireplace, a long shelter house, a bricked open area with benches, and a small amphitheater used for free summertime concerts and plays.
Blue Dog Pond in Southeast Seattle near I-90 is .3 acres and is a wide, rectangular field perfect for throwing balls with grassy side slopes that your dog can run up and down. There are interesting art sculptures throughout the park that make it unique, including a giant reposing “blue dog” at the entrance. As a catchment area for excess water, it can get muddy during the rainy season. It is fully fenced and has running water.
This is a small traffic circle. The plots for Blue Ridge Place and Circle were dedicated in 1930 by Blue Ridge Land Co.: A.N. Graves and D.R. Drew. The plots were purchased in 1935 by W.E. Boeing (of Boeing Aircraft Co.) and his wife. They then transferred jurisdiction in 1954 to the city.
These are two small parcels of land on a winding part of the street. The plots for Blue Ridge Place and Circle were dedicated in 1930 by Blue Ridge Land Co.: A.N. Graves and D.R. Drew. The plots were purchased in 1935 by W.E. Boeing (of Boeing Aircraft Co.) and his wife. They then transferred jurisdiction in 1954 to the city.
Louisa Boren Park is a stunning scenic viewpoint lined with benches, with a panorama of Lake Washington and the Cascades. A jogging path runs through the park, and a sculpture sits in the shelter of tall trees.
This little space is a street triangle named for adjacent Boren Avenue. Donated to city for use as a fire station in 1890, but transferred to Park Department jurisdiction in 1912.
Donated by Mary Denny in 1902, this pocket park is a street triangle named for adjacent Boylston Avenue. Located at Broadway & Boylston Ave and maintained by SDOT, this space contains benches and plantings, providing a perfect place to wait for the streetcar or bus.
Winding paths connect the many features of Bradner Gardens Park. Stroll past seven ornamental theme gardens of the Master Gardener border: butterfly & hummingbird, fragrance, sensory, shade, xeriscape, winter interest and northwest native. Watch the bees buzz the 61 p-patch plots. Learn the alphabet under the watchful eye of the baby scarecrow in the children's A to Z garden. Learn how to grow food crops in the Seattle Tilth and Urban Food demonstration gardens. Watch birds take shelter in the native plant habitat. See more than 50 varieties of ornamental street trees recommended for small spaces and under utility lines.
Brighton Playfield, located next to Aki Kurose Middle School, includes ballfields, tennis courts, and a children's play area.
The community-initiated park is a "front porch" and a public yard for the neighborhood. It features a large lawn area, varied seating and tables at the top of the site, BBQ, a community garden, and landscaped planting, as well as opportunities for natural play and artwork. The community garden will be operated as part of the P-patch program.
Bryant Neighborhood Playground is a charming park with a small slope located along NE 65th Street. The playground is appropriate for children of all ages offering climbers, decks and platforms, ladders, a pipe barrier, slides, a spring toy, swings, a track ride, a transfer station, and a whirl. This park also has basketball hoops, two fenced tennis courts, and large open spaces perfect for playing.
Cal Anderson is located in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood and is the hub of the community. Cal Anderson Park includes a fountain, texture pool and reflecting pool, promenade paths, landscaping, a shelterhouse, a plaza, a children's play area, a wading pool, a lighted sports field, and a number of oversize chess boards. This open park invites walking, sitting, reading, contemplation, informal sports in the meadow, and organized sports on the athletic field.
Located in West Seattle, this 68 acre park (entrance at SW Dawson & 35th SW) offers visitors an opportunity to enjoy nature, hike in the forest, camp overnight in rustic cabins, rock climb, and learn about natural history. Rental facilities include a lodge with one meeting room, kitchen space, 10 cabins, two covered picnic areas, group fire ring, and climbing rock.
This small park is a street triangle with grass and benches.
This turnaround island at the end of Palmer Court NW is in Ballard just west of NW Market St at NW 52nd St.
The park was completed in 2025! The park includes a small lawn area, an accessible pathway, retaining walls to address grading challenges, a stairway, picnic tables and handrails. It is located next to the Hearing, Speech, and Deaf Center. 
Cesar Chavez Park in the South Park neighborhood features an interactive "Musical Steles" sculpture by Jesus Bautista Moroles.
Originally the entrance to Jefferson Park and so named Jefferson Blvd., it was renamed in 1914 by the Park Board to honor one of its members, E.C. Cheasty because of his efforts toward the establishment of a boulevard system in Seattle after studying European systems, and because he was the “father” of the golf course to which the boulevard leads. Cheasty was a clothier of excellent reputation and noted for civic and club activities, Police Commissioner, and AYP Expos Commissioner.
A multi-generational park in the north Rainier Valley, with play structures, exercise equipment, barbecues, and open lawn space.
Chinook Beach Park features a small beach area complete with driftwood and logs that have washed up along the shore. There is also a simple, long walking path along the beach, which offers spectacular views of Lake Washington and the Cascades beyond. A small concrete landing provides a good platform for a picnic or camera tripod, as well as an interpretive sign that gives some background information on the area.
Bordering on the south side of the King County Public Safety Building, this former battlefield is now a small walking and sitting space filled with grass, trees, benches, small tables, and chairs. A small oak here commemorates the founding of the United Nations, and a plaque with cannonball recalls the 1865 Battle of Seattle, when Indians led by Chief Leschi attacked the pioneer village in a last effort to save their land.
This small park in Queen Anne may be lacking in sprawl, but makes up for it in fun! The park offers a sanded play area complete with play structure and slide, along with an adjacent paved area that hosts basketball courts and outlines to play many games like 4-square. This park is located on the campus of Coe Elementary School, which can be found here: http://www.coeschool.org/
Also known as Duwamish Head Greenspace, this property is a natural area.
The old Colman School provides a backdrop to the carefully maintained Colman Playfield. The Children's PlayGarden is under construction south of the ADA accessible basketball court. With the bike trail running along the edge of the playfield, and picnic tables tucked in the shade across the trail, Colman playfield is an easy place to get to and a great place to exercise and relax.
Following the pathways down the hillside will afford the visitor with great views of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, where foaming water flows through the spillways and ships can be observed traversing the government locks. There is the opportunity for a short, comfortable walk along the promenade, where one can take advantage of park benches and cozy shelters, before reaching the canal itself, where the fish ladder is clearly visible.
Named for cormorant birds that can be seen in the area, this small water access space has a boat access for hand-carried non-motorized boats. The upper part has accessible viewing platforms, one with a mosaic and a route down to the beach.
The Counterbalance Park is relatively level, 12,000 square feet, and named for the former trolley that ran there. A variety of neighborhood residential and commercial buildings are visible from the site. Queen Anne Avenue North and Roy Street are both heavily traveled arterials. Traffic signals and crosswalks allow pedestrian access to the site. Be sure to stop by for the evening light show!
This small circle, near Green Lake, is a turn around at the end of Orin Ct N, just after it crosses N 75th St
This park, located at Holman Road NW and 13th Avenue NW, includes ballfield renovations, walkways, entries, open space, areas for play, seating, plantings and a skate dot (small park). It is located on property purchased from the Seattle Public Schools. This 1.71-acre acquisition fulfills one of Crown Hill’s longstanding community goals in its neighborhood plan.
Originally called the Ravenna Swamp and then the 80th Street Playground. It was renamed Dahl Playfield in 1955 to honor Waldo J. "Red" Dahl (1902-1988), who was a member and occasional president of the Board of Park Commissioners for various years between 1934 and 1968.
This beautiful park, built on a steeply sculptured hillside, is in the upper portion of 1st Avenue W. Here you will find a play area renovated in 2019 with nature-themed play equipment and fun educational components. Additionally, there are three tennis courts and public restrooms. Follow the paths that wind down grass-covered knobs and knolls to the Queen Anne Bowl.
This park sits on Beacon Hill just north of the Dearborn Park Elementary School and just east of a clovered, dandelioned swath of grass towering with City Light's power lines. Area children have been at work carving out trails through the leafy wilds here, while bike trails provide evidence of some more uses for the park. Two graveled and lighted pathways extend through the park, while a play area and softball field wait nearby.
The playfield is adjacent to Delridge Community Center and features large open lawn spaces perfect for playing catch or flying a kite, big trees, and a playground for the kids.
Denny Blaine Lake Park is a pocket park offers a small lake and a "train station" type shelter. This is one of five small parks in the area donated by the Denny-Blaine Land Company, a real estate development company. The parks are Minerva Fountain (commonly known as Denny-Blaine Lake Park), Stevens Park, Viretta Park, Children's Park (now Howell Park), and Whitman Place (now Denny-Blaine Park).
Discovery Park is a 534 acre natural area park operated by the Seattle Parks and Recreation. It is the largest city park in Seattle, and occupies most of the former Fort Lawton site. The site is one of breathtaking majesty. Situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Discovery Park offers spectacular view of both the Cascade and the Olympic Mountain ranges. The secluded site includes two miles of protected tidal beaches as well as open meadow lands, dramatic sea cliffs, forest groves, active sand dunes, thickets and streams.
This park is a fun spot for play in the middle of the busy Chinatown International District neighborhood. In the center of the park, grass and sand form the yin-yang symbol. A bronze dragon sculpture created by artist Gerard Tsutakawa sits in the middle of this area. The sculpture is used as play equipment by children who frequent the park.
E.C. Hughes playground includes ballfields, a children's play area, and a view of Mount Rainier to the south.
The starting point for miles of waterfront trails that segue into the Arboretum, this park features the former site of MOHAI, and is just across the Montlake cut from Huskies stadium. It has a totem pole, large observation deck, benches, and floating paths, as well as a trail that connects to W. Montlake Park.
This nice neighborhood park offers a playground with slides, climbing features, a whirl, regular and baby swings, and a wading pool. Conveniently there are also bathroom facilities, a soccer field, and a sandbox. There are also lots of comfortable benches for parents to keep an eye on the kids from.
Eddie Vine is Seattle's northernmost saltwater boat ramp lying between Golden Gardens park and the Shilshole Marina. Located in Ballard on the north end of Marine Area 10, Eddie Vine is the closest water access to the northern Marine Areas and Marine Area 12. Eddie Vine is a favorite ramp for many northwest anglers because it is protected by the continuation of Shilshole Marina's breakwater and it is close to popular fishing locations.
One of Seattle's stunning viewpoints, Emma Schmitz Overlook is a great place to stroll, jog, or sit and gaze across the water at the Olympic Mountains.
Named for Joe (1891-1984) and Julia (1894-1979) Ercolini, who sold produce grown at this site for several decades beginning in the 1930s, this park is a playground with a small lawn in a neighborhood spot.
One highlight of Fairview Park is its great water view from the upper level on Eastlake Avenue E. The park also includes the relocation and expansion of an existing P-Patch, a timber and steel framed stair connecting Eastlake Avenue East and Fairview Avenue East, log and stone benches, picnic tables, bike rack, extensive revegetation with native plants, shrubs and trees; and construction of a deck/overlook, gangway, and small boat hand launch.
Located along a floating walkway by Lake Union alongside Fairview Ave E across from the old steam plant, this is a small green space.
A densely wooded patch of forest in West Seattle, Fauntleroy Park has a network of trails and paths great for wandering, hiking and dog-walking. Recent and ongoing volunteer work parties, organized through the Trails Program, have been improving the trails.
This is a small hand carry boat launch site.
The Seattle Park was completed in the fall of 1978, and ever since has provided people living and working in the neighborhood with a place to make good use of its few benches, flowers, and blades of grass. Brickwork pathways take the visitor past benches, picnic tables, a water fountain, and offers a view down the hill toward downtown Seattle.
Flo Ware is a small park with a children's play area, benches, and lawn space for sunning. It's a great neighborhood park for letting the kids run off extra energy while parents watch from a patch of sunny grass or from under a shady tree.
Fremont Canal Park is a quiet linear park along the north side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, located from approximately Phinney Ave N to 3rd Ave NW. It is adjacent to the Burke Gilman Trail, and features a pedestrian trail and benches to sit on and gaze at the water. It also includes an ADA accessible viewing platform and shelter at the water's edge at 2nd Ave NW and NW Canal St. The park provides a community gathering space, notably for the annual Fremont Fair, which is celebrated in June and draws more than 100,000 participants.
Primarily used as a natural woods drive, Frink Park is a densely vegetated ravine. South Frink Place winds through the park and opens onto Lake Washington Boulevard.
This playground features baby swings, tennis courts, long lawn area perfect for catch, as well as slides and climbing features.
Gas Works Park has a play area with a large play barn, and big hill popular for flying kites. Special park features include a sundial, and a beautiful view of Seattle. Access to Lake Union is restricted at Gas Works Park, as the lake sediment contains hazardous substances. Entering the water or launching boats from the park is prohibited (SMC 18.12.070) There is no swimming, no fishing and no wading in the park. The Burke-Gilman Trail runs past Gas Works parking lot and follows the Burlington-Northern Railroad 12.5 miles north to Log Boom Park in Kenmore.
Genesee Park and Playfield is a broad, rough meadow that stretches for about 5 blocks north from Genesee Street to Stan Sayres Memorial Park on Lake Washington Boulevard. Set in a quiet neighborhood, the atmosphere is quite soothing. It contains a huge and open grassy area for a playfield.
Located on the eastern shore of the Duwamish River, this is an undeveloped park property. The property is adjacent to a street end that was developed as wildlife habitat and a public viewpoint. The site includes a historic (inactive) pump station building, which is an integral part of the Georgetown Steam Plant. This park represents one of very few green space and habitat restoration opportunities on the eastern shore of the Duwamish River between Boeing Field and Elliott Bay.
Gilman Playground’s features include ballfields, tennis courts, a play area, and wading pool.
In about 1895, five Grand Army Posts in Seattle established this cemetery for the Civil War heroes of 1861-65. In 1922, city council turned the care and maintenance of the cemetery over to the Parks Department. Recently, the volunteer group Friends of the GAR have been active in caring for the cemetery. Located in the north of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, the cemetery's 526 graves and monument memorialize veterans of the Civil War. A small green space lies adjacent to the memorial site.
This 2.2 acre park was previously a commercial nursery and greenhouse for many years, and was acquired by Seattle Parks and Recreation in November 1999 through the Seattle Open Space Program. The Greenwood community was very involved in the development of the park.
Greg Davis Park connects to Cottage Grove Park and Puget Blvd. Commons, as well as links with the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail. A nice neighborhood park featuring a mid-size lawn area, trickling creek, and lots of pathways as they connect to Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail.
With a stunning view of the city, Elliott Bay, the harbor and the Cascade Mountains, Hamilton Viewpoint showcases Seattle's urban and natural beauty.
This is a small triangle-shaped lawn area.
Located in the heart of West Seattle, Hiawatha Playfield is within easy walking distance to many Admiral District businesses including coffee shops, restaurants and stores.
With views of Mt Rainier to the southeast and the Cascade range to the east, Highland Park is a beautiful place to relax, picnic, splash about in the wading pool and play. Park features include ballfields, a wading pool, a shelter house, swings, tennis court and children's play area.
Hing Hay Park - "Park for Pleasurable Gatherings" - is a hub of the International District. Terrace-like stairs lead down from Maynard to a red brick square with an ornate Grand Pavilion designed and constructed in Taipei, Taiwan. Artwork on an adjacent building features a dragon in a depiction of Asian-American history in the Northwest. The park is a popular lunch spot, and meeting place for families and friends.
Plaza connected to the Little Saigon streetcar station with small event space.
Named for artist C. Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999), this park is a small staircase with a community garden.
This secluded park offers a planted trail that leads to the beach, but that starts between two private driveways, so please be respectful. It leads down through the woods to a beach lawn. It is reached by a tiny, residential access road with no parking, but offers public shore access, benches, and great big trees.
This green street boulevard is named by and for the Hunter Tract Improvement Co. The identity of "Hunter" is not known.
Deeded to the City in 1911 by Maude & Oliver McGilvra, this traffic triangle was named to honor D.N. Hyde, member of the first City Council 1870.
The Interbay Athletic Complex is a result of partnerships between the City of Seattle's Parks and Recreation and Interbay Golf Centers and Seattle Pacific University.
Iverness Ravine Park is primarily a natural area.
Jefferson Park, the sixth largest park in the city, offers unparalleled views of the Duwamish River, the city and the Olympic Mountains. The Olmsted inspired path system flanked by trees offers a wonderful respite from city life along with many active opportunities. The covering of the reservoirs and two voter-approved Park levies transformed the park into a great community gathering place for southeast Seattle. It is the home to the Jefferson Park Golf Course, the Jefferson Community Center, Jefferson Lawn Bowling, Jefferson Skatepark and Beacon Mountain.
This park is located next to NewHolly, a mixed-income, diverse community developed around the year 2000. It has picnic shelters, a plaza, an expanded children's play area, landscaping, and a community garden.
On the west side of Beacon Hill, Dr. Jose Rizal Park has an amazing view of south Downtown and Elliott Bay. The park has a dog off-leash area at its north end, and picnic tables, restrooms, and a small play area for children to the south.
Judkins is a multipurpose park corridor in the Central Area. Its six-block strip of green enlivens the Rainier Valley with picnic, play and sports areas with wide grass fields, a skatespot, spraypark, and picnic tables.
Junction Plaza is located near the Alaska Street Junction in West Seattle. This space is designed to provide both a destination and pass-through park in the junction of the traditional business and the growing mixed use area to the east. The design creates an open space geared toward encouraging casual daily use for relaxing, eating or people watching, that can also be used for Junction Association festivals like the West Seattle Festival and intermittent programs.
An unsurpassed view of Elliott Bay and the Central City, with an occasional backdrop of Mount Rainier, draws camera buffs to this spot. At sunset they often line the wall just as the city and the sound are beginning to glow with lights. At night it becomes almost a fantasy scene, with brightly lit ferries gliding across the water and the Space Needle shining from its 500-foot pedestal.
This small space is a greenbelt located beside Fauntleroy Elementary School.
A street triangle formed where W Queen Anne Driveway meets Queen Anne Ave N at W Roy St.
Kiwanis Memorial Preserve Park is one block east of Discovery Park in the Magnolia neighborhood. This park was named the city's first Wildlife Sanctuary in 2010. It is home to Seattle‘s largest nesting colony of Great Blue Herons. The herons make their nests there from February through July or August each year.
Hidden in South Seattle, Kubota Garden is a stunning 20 acre landscape that blends Japanese garden concepts with native Northwest plants. The city acquired the property, which is an historic landmark, in 1987 from the estate of master landscaper Fujitaro Kubota. Kubota was a horticultural pioneer when he began merging Japanese design techniques with North American materials in his display garden in 1927. The Gardens are a spectacular setting of hills and valleys, interlaced with streams, waterfalls, ponds, bridges, and rock out-croppings with a rich array of plant material.
This space is a small decorative triangle with ornamental shrubs and stones located southeast of the intersection of NE 125th Street with Lake City Way, in the angle formed by 31st Ave NE curving west to meet Lake City Way. King Country transferred this bite sized park to Seattle Parks and Recreation in 1995 and it currently adds a bit of beauty to the Lake City neighborhood's busy comercial core.
Offers a wide range of activities and green space in this urban neighborhood, including a large dome play structure with netted climbing features, climbing wall, half-basketball court, accessible pathways, new benches and picnic tables, open lawn, P-Patch garden plots, and bike racks.
Lake Union Park is a unique urban gem, close to the center of downtown Seattle. The park provides access to green space and the water and celebrates the cultural, maritime, and industrial heritage of the city and region.
This park is an urban oasis of forest and running water. It offers the visitor a trip down it's hiking trails to enjoy the natural setting and to retreat from the hustle and bustle of daily life.
Slow down, or you'll miss this combined outlook-boulevard-picnic park at Hillside Drive, just where Lake Washington Boulevard E. begins its decent to Lake Washington. The lookout is planted with peonies backed by a stone wall, and has a good view of the lake and the Cascades. Just to the right of the lookout, a trail leads down to meet the next boulevard loop beneath a magnificent coastal redwood tree.
Very nice neighborhood playfield, complete with backstop and dugouts. There is also an adjacent playground, renovated in 2021, for those who may not be so interested in the game.
This park is a small triangle named for the original donor, Dan Lambert.
Visitors to Lawton Park can enjoy leisurely strolls down a wide pathway that carries the visitor through hills, woods and grassy lawns wioth views of Ballard the the Ship Canal. Two gravel paths provide neighborhood access to the park, school, and transportation routes. Picnic tables are available.
This property is a viewpoint, ravine, and natural area.
This is a park worth seeing! Rustic, natural qualities arise from the sights and sounds of trickling streams, long grasses waving in the breeze, small ponds, and winding paths through wooded preserves. There is a play area as well as public restrooms, and the park itself is available for weddings and ceremonies.
"Lincoln Park is West Seattle's major multi-purpose park - a nose-shaped bluff on Puget Sound just north of the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal. Switchbacks on the north and gentle trails to the south connect a mile of seawalls, rocky beaches to a bluff of grassy forests and meadows with play and picnic areas galore." Amazingly diverse for its size, Lincoln includes 4.6 miles of walking paths, 3.9 miles of bike trails, five picnic shelters, acres of playfields, and an outdoor heated saltwater pool and bathhouse
Nearly one acre in size, Little Brook Park is tucked neatly into its home neighborhood and provides a wonderful refuge from the busy hustle and bustle of nearby streets and commercial strip. Featuring a restroom, habitat with lawn and trees, and multiple benches and picnic tables, this is the perfect spot for a family outing. The park's central feature is the extensive play are with equipment suitable for kids of all ages including an infant maze and toddler section.
Lowman Beach Park offers a beautiful shoreline with rocks and driftwood. The park offers a large lawn space for gathering, swings and a wonderful location to take in sunsets. The entire shoreline is available for hand carry boat launch.
This greenspace provides trails, bridges, and great views of natural areas and native plants.
This is a tiny but cool little waterfront park that features a hand-painted, tile-decorated bench, little dock area for getting close to the water, and views of Queen Anne hill and Westlake Avenue. This park also has an interpretive sign with some historical information posted as well.
Madison Park is a lovely grassy park on the shores of Lake Washington, south of the Evergreen Point Bridge. The park features a bathhouse and swimming beach that is patrolled by lifeguards during the summer.
Madrona Briar Patch is a brushy walkway between Madrona Drive and Grand Avenue.
Nestled in a dense residential neighborhood, this park and playground provide recreation space for the neighborhood and adjacent Madrona K-8 School. The shelter house is also well used by the community.
Named for the neighborhood and its madrona tree groves, this park is a small natural area that connects to Madrona Park. Densley wooded slopes, a creek, and even a small waterfall delight those who venture on the short hikes thought this space. A visit here will briefly transport you out of the city and into the woods!
Magnolia Manor Park is located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, with entrances at 3500 28th Ave W.
Magnolia Playfield stretches for several city blocks and includes or is adjacent to Magnolia Community Center, Blaine Elementary School and Mounger Pool. The playfields are well used for football, softball and soccer.
It's a walk in the park--literally! At Warren G. Magnuson Park, you'll find more than four miles of walking trails along the shores of Lake Washington, grassy fields, evergreen and deciduous trees and brush, and captivating public art installations.
This linear natural area at the south end of Beacon Hill includes about 15 acres of publicly owned property. It is the wooded hillside several blocks east of Cleveland High School, and just west of the historic Comet Lodge Cemetery.
This very cool neighborhood park features a mini-farm and garden, a very nice trickling stream, and there is a pathway that leads to a small grassy hill at the rear of the park that is perfect for listening to the sounds of trickling water and singing birds on a sunny day.
Martha Washington Park is a beautiful expanse of green lawn, trees, and waterfront - a great place to bring your picnic blanket and frisbee. On a clear day, you can catch a glimpse of Mount Rainier as you lounge under a tree and look out over Lake Washington.
Marvin's Garden is a tiny, quiet oasis across the street from Bergen Place Park in Ballard. Its five benches on a stone-embedded concrete patio are surrounded by cedar trees, shrubbery, and flowers in planters. It is also the site of the red brick Ballard Centennial Bell Tower, created to hold the old Ballard City Hall bell at the site where the City Hall stood, and to mark the Ballard Avenue Historic District. Note the inlaid compass in the floor of the bell tower.
Go three blocks east from the southeast corner of Rodgers Park to find this street-end knoll, cleverly converted into a tiny park. It has a central play area, with a drinking fountain and benches conveniently placed so you can watch your children climb, slide and crawl. (Excerpt from "Enjoying Seattle's Parks" by Brandt Morgan)
McGilvra Place is a small, tree-shaded triangle at the intersection of E. Madison St., E. Pike St. and 15th Ave.
Located near Nathan Hale High School, and Meadowbrook Community Center and pool, Meadowbrook Playfield includes playfields, lighted tennis courts, a children's play area, and meadows.
Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is across the street from the Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook and immediately south of Me-Kwa-Mooks Natural Area. Picnic tables are set up on the lawn at the park entry (on Beach Dr. SW between SW Genesee and SW Oregon St.). Most of the park stretches up the hillside and extends north and farther south on land that is largely undeveloped. The dense trees provide habitat for many birds, including screech owls.
Miller Playfield is located next to the Miller Community Center and has space for soccer, baseball, softball, a nice play area, and a beautiful spraypark fountain for cooling off in the summer.
Magnolia Boulevard is a long strip of green space that runs along the road that shares the name. Walk along this path for stunning views of the Puget Sound and territories!
Park features dense undergrowth, a trickling stream, and a birdhouse.
Located adjacent to Montlake Community Center, Montlake playfield includes a children’s play area, playfields, and tennis courts.
This park was originally created and named by the Mount Baker Tract Improvement Company, which platted their real estate development in the area as the Mount Baker Park Addition. They promoted the area for its sweeping views from Mount Baker to Mount Rainier. This park is a narrow, winding greenway along the road by the same name.
Mount Baker Park is a gentle ravine boulevard sloping down to Colman Park and the Mount Baker Bathing Beach on Lake Washington…Local residents picnic and play tennis here, or set the kids loose in a small playground in the southwest corner. Others stroll down a wide pathway—under maples, mountain ash, and chestnut trees—to Lake Washington Boulevard and the beach. Restrooms are located partway down the path. The northernmost end of the park is the starting point for Bicycle Sunday.
A very cool viewpoint, this park offers sweeping views of downtown, Puget Sound, and the Olympics to the west
This park includes an open grass field on top of the lidded reservoir for informal play with a pathway circling the field and ADA accessible pathways. The children's play area features open toy structures to enhance visibility and provide for better security. A viewing plaza north of the lid includes an interpretive element indicating High Point's elevation as well as that of other prominent hills on the Seattle skyline.
Named for the adjacent high school, this sports field has a track and soccer options.
This is a great little neighborhood park occupying a small space with a wonderful forest, plants, many benches as well as nice walking paths up and down the gently sloping hillside.
Northacres Park is located between N 130th and the Freeway. It's surrounded with a forest of fir and contains a small forest behind picnic area. Facilities include 2 ballfields, a play area for children renovated in 2012, a dog off-leash area, and a spraypark.
Northgate Park is located adjacent to the new Northgate Community Center and the Northgate Branch of the Seattle Public Library. The park includes a play area, Courtyard and plaza.
This tiny park has a big view. NW 60th Street Viewpoint comprises two benches, a boulder, and a low wood-post fence on a patch of lawn above Shilshole Bay. The park offers views of Magnolia Bluff, the Olympic Mountains, Bainbridge Island, and Puget Sound. The sound of passing trains on the tracks across the street completes the ambience.
Occidental Park is in the heart of the historic Pioneer Square district. London Plane trees provide shade; park furniture and nearby outdoor cafe areas provide places to relax; and bocce courts and ping pong tables allow for some easy-going recreation. Seattle Parks and Recreation and partners installed a new play area in 2019 in the northwest corner of the square. Neighboring small businesses include bookstores, art galleries, boutiques, and a variety of other unique shops and eateries.
This park space is tidelands running from Elliott Bay Marina to Pier 91.
Othello Park is a nicely designed park, spacious spot near Holly Park. It contains a play area for children, basketball courts, open meadow, and a nice short walking path.
Oxbow Park is located in the heart of historic Georgetown. In 1953, Seattle artist Lewis Nasmyth was hired to "rustle up" a design for a western-style gas station in Georgetown. Featuring a 44-ft. wide cowboy hat and 22-ft. high boots, the Hat n' Boots opened the next year to a stampede of customers. In fact, for a time it was the biggest selling station in the state. Legend has it even Elvis dropped by when he was in town during the World's Fair in '62. But in the early 60's, a brand new interstate, I-5, started diverting traffic away from the station. By the late 80's it pretty much looked like trail's end for the Hat n' Boots. That's when some Georgetown residents saddled up to rescue the soul of their community. “The Hat n’ Boots is as important to Georgetown as the Golden Gate Bridge is to San Francisco,” says Allan Phillips, former director of the Georgetown Community Council. “If the Hat n’ Boots were ever to be gone from Georgetown, it would be like losing our soul.”
A largely decorative traffic circle at a bend in NE Park Rd. It features a large hedge-like shrub that has a child-sized door to its interior.
Parkmont Place is a long strip park in a beautiful Magnolia neighborhood, showcasing views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains which abound, all while you can spend your time watching shipping and the ferries. Enjoy the long walking/jogging path, with benches every 50 feet or so to rest your weary legs or to just take in the view.
Formerly the family garden of Reginald H. Parsons, the park was given to the City in 1956 by the family's children. Often used for ceremonies, this small but lovely garden is a hidden gem on Queen Anne's south slope.
This park features jogging trails, a playground with slides, monkey bars, swings, a whirl, baby swings, and climbing features. It also has a cool sundial, bathroom facilities, benches to rest your weary legs, and lawn areas to stretch out on a warm day or play catch with your friends.
This natural area offers a cool trailhead secluded in a neighborhood that leads you down a forested path.
Pier 58, part of the new Waterfront Park, features a sea life themed children's playground and nearshore ecological improvements.
Pigeon Point Park is part of the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The West Duwamish Greenbelt is the largest greenbelt in the city and is home to fox, red-legged frogs, hawks, and bald eagles. The greenbelt encompasses the extended forest along the eastern slopes of West Seattle that is visible from I-5.
Pinehurst community members provided the impetus to transform a residential corner lot into this well-loved pocket park. It features two huge Douglas fir trees, native plants and an accessible path around the perimeter. There are two picnic tables on a patio created by a local artist, and a kiosk that often features neighborhood kids' artwork. A small lawn invites lounging or picnicking in the summertime. An artist's pint-sized rendition of a steam tractor memorializes a former resident who used to drive a life-sized steam tractor around the neighborhood.
The piper’s creek trailhead is unassuming, sitting between a house and a cyclone fence. As you follow this trail down the hillside, the sound of trickling water hits your ears and then all of a sudden, the creek comes into view. As you follow this trail down further, you will start to notice footbridges, and a large lawn area that is part of Carkeek Park. Following the road down further you come to another lawn area, and just past that are sweeping views of the sound and the Olympic Range, and a small beach to leisurely stroll up and down on your days off. The best way to access Piper's Creek is through the Carkeek Park entrance.
Located at the base of Capitol Hill on the Pike-Pine corridor, Plymouth Pillars Park features a close-up panoramic view of urban center of Seattle. The newly renovated park features a dog off-leash area, benches, a pedestrian corridor and public art.
Picnic tables and benches on asphalt give a narrow view of the Olympics, while an exciting play area nearly empties the nearby apartments of kids in the evenings. Older kids flock to the nearby basketball pavilion in fair weather. East of the apartment complex, a large grassy area has six picnic tables, each with a barbecue stand and shady trees, plus lots of room to run around in an open field. (Excerpt from "Enjoying Seattle's Parks" by Brandt Morgan)
Prentis I. Frazier is a neighborhood park ideal for resting in the shade and playing. The park includes a small play area with adjacent benches and a drinking fountain.
The park consists of two major areas. The first, along with Greg Davis Park and Cottage Grove Park, spans three city blocks and contains the the Delridge P-Patch. The second are lies northeast, and is undeveloped.
Puget Park is part of the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The West Duwamish Greenbelt is the largest greenbelt in the city and is home to fox, red-legged frogs, hawks, and bald eagles. The greenbelt encompasses the extended forest along the eastern slopes of West Seattle that is visible from I-5.
This long strip of green roadway flows through a variety of locations in Queen Anne.
What a beautiful view! Enjoy a panorama of downtown and the Olympics, while also resting upon benches or meandering along the simple pathway. This park is lighted, and features trees and shrubs, along with plant beds and small lawns.
Located adjacent to Rainier Beach Community Center, Rainier Beach Playfield includes tennis courts, and ballfields.
Formerly the Park Department's Atlantic City Nursery, this urban farm is now operated jointly by Seattle Tilth and the Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands.
In the "old Ballard" of the early 1900s, when street numbering and names differed from the current system, Rainier Place was originally created by the widening of Ballard Place, 56th and 57th in 1909 and extended through Greenwood Park (Ballard Park) from 2nd to W. 55th. Today it is a small grassy triangle where NW 53rd and NW 54th intersect.
Named for the adjacent park, this is a green roadway.
Melt-off from the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet formed the huge Lake Russell which cut drainage ravines through the new glacial till, forming the Ravenna Park ravine.
This great park contains tennis courts, a basketball court, baby swings and regular swings, playground with a slide and climbing features, a pitching backstop, and it is Community Center adjacent.
Named for the neighborhood, which has a view of the Duwamish River, this playfield has multiple tennis courts, ballfields, soccer fields, and a football field.
This small park facing west has a peekaboo view of houseboats and Lake Union. Shade, two benches, and a stone walkway provide a perfect resting spot.
This pleasant park contains two baseball fields with backstops, a scoreboard, and a playground with climbing features, a sandbox, monkey bars, baby swings, slide. It also has bathroom facilities, as well as a large lawn area.
Roxhill Park is the headwaters of Longfellow Creek and possibly Fauntleroy Creek. The restoration of the wetland will improve water quality and steady water flow to Longfellow Creek, enhancing the Creek and improving Salmon habitat.
In this beautiful little neighborhood park, visitors can enjoy tall trees and picnic tables scattered over green grassy hills, while on bright afternoons crows and squirrels can be observed harassing one another, swallows dive to eat flies, and children play at the park’s play area. It features a big playground with baby swings, sandbox, slides etc., bathroom facilities, and benches.
Sandel Park's features include a children's play area, walkways, large open meadow, basketball hoops, and a wading pool.
The boulevard is named for the adjacent park, which itself was named for its donor, Ferdinand Schmitz who was a Park Board member from 1908-1914, pioneer realtor and capitalist. (Edited from the files of Don Sherwood, 1916-1981, Park Historian.)
Seacrest Boathouse and Pier is located on Harbor Avenue next to Don Armeni Boat Ramp and is accessible by boat on Elliott Bay.
This is a nice neighborhood park which features a small lawn area, BBQ pits for those summer evenings, 8 benches, 3 picnic tables, and of course some trees. You may notice the seven boulders; they are intended to represent Seattle’s 7 hills.
This space is a small, grassy triangle.
Six tennis courts, a short hiking trail to the “sundial” for marking the equinox and solstice, and a community garden and p-patch make this park special. It contains a water fountain and benches to sit on, which provide fantastic views of the Sound and the Olympics.
Neighborhood park that features a play area with slides and climbing equipment, as well as picnic tables with a view of the Cascades and Magnolia, as well as a long green strip. This is a great place to steal a quick view of Puget Sound too.
This playground is located directly outside the South Park Community Center and has a ballfield, play equipment, and a wading pool to cool off in the summer.
Spring Street Mini Park is a little neighborhood park ideal for bringing young children to play. The park features a small children's play area, a water fountain, benches, a picnic table, and lawn space great for playing and sunbathing.
The St. Mark's Greenbelt buffers Capitol Hill from I-5 and provides precious wildlife habitat, dense vegetation and trails. It is adjacent to St. Mark's Cathedral on 10th Ave E, and a steep trail through the southern part of the greenbelt is accessible from trailheads in the south and southwest portions of the St. Mark's parking lot.
One of five small parks in the area donated by the Denny-Blaine Land Company, this is a small triangle with a bench and a few trees.
Sturgus Park is a wooded hillside that sprouts up below the girders of the Jose Rizal Bridge at the foot of Beacon Hill. Its trees and vines climb toward the hillside just west of the Goodwill buildings, adding leaves to the visual feast that northbound drivers have to Puget Sound and the City.
This space is a street triangle at the intersection of Belmont Ave E, Bellevue Pl E and Summit Ave E, and named for the latter street. It is among a group of small plots donated by city founders David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren Denny (1827-1916).
The acronym in the name of this pocket park stands for Saving Urban Nature. The park has a low-maintenance design with a path, bench and native plantings, and is a green and peaceful meeting place for visitors of all ages.
The Bay below Sunset Hill Park is alive with sailboats, and you can smell the salt breezes as you gaze far out to the Puget isles and the craggy Olympic skyline. (Excerpt from Enjoying Seattle's Parks by Brandt Morgan.)
The SW Queen Anne Greenbelt offers visitors a chance to escape the busy city and immerse themselves in a natural forest setting. You can access the trails by parking nearby and walking through the 12th W & W Howe Park. Just hike down the stairs next to the hillside slide and the trail will lead you into the forested area from there!
Tashkent Park is a charming shady neighborhood park with picnic tables, a wooden arbor, benches, and a sculpture. Tashkent Park was named for Tashkent, Uzbekistan, one of Seattle's International Sister Cities.
Terry Pettus Park includes shoreline access and a public float. Tie-up time is limited to 2 hours.
Seattle Parks and Recreation worked with the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs to select an artist to collaborate with the landscape architects in designing a site that can be used for recreation and open space as well as to promote the value of arts and culture. The property was used as a gravel pit and for material storage prior to being developed into a neighborhood park.
This is a small neighborhood park that comes complete with a walking path and is adjacent to bus lines. Great view of downtown, Mt. Rainier and the Puget Sound through the trees.
Thyme Patch Park is a tiny jewel nestled in a west Ballard neighborhood that combines the best elements of a neighborhood park and community garden. The park includes a P-Patch, Master Gardener demonstration gardens, benches, lawn area and walkways. The entrance features a hand-crafted steel handrail by artist Chuck Nafziger.
The site is located in the right-of-way at the north end of the Aurora Avenue Bridge between 808 N 36th Street and 916 N 36th Street, just west of the Fremont Troll. The park is a model design of a sustainable park space and provides a critical pedestrian link to other areas of Fremont, particularly bus stops and the developing neighborhood business district in northern Fremont. The open lawn, seating areas, views and plantings create a nice place to enjoy a picnic after visiting the Fremont Troll.
Originally named Ridgeway Place for a bordering street, it was renamed Trudy's Triangle in 2002 in response to a petition from the Mount Baker Community Club. Trudy Sanders was a community activist and a Seattle Parks Commissioner who lived across the street from the Ridgeway street triangle. She played a prominent role in the acquisition of Discovery Park. She died in 1994.
This park will serve downtown businesses and residences, providing a seamless transition between the park and the adjacent development. The design includes an open lawn, new central play structure, seating edge, lighting, ADA access, places for vendors, landscaping, and other park elements.
Union Station Square is a 1600 square foot triangle at the intersection of Jackson, 3rd Ave S and 2nd Ave. It provides a resting spot for a busy bus stop and contains several polished stones designed for seating. The stones are engraved with artwork inspired by the railroad history of the area. Several ginkgo trees provide welcome shade on warm days.
A multi-use community open space includes a performance area/plaza, rain gardens to improve stormwater quality, pedestrian pathways, lawn areas, basketball hoop, landscaped areas and other amenities. The design is sensitive to the view of the historic building's south façade.
This park features two tennis courts, one baseball diamond and backstop, playground with slide, baby swings, a Rich Beyer sculpture of a sasquatch, adult exercise equipment and bathroom facilities.
Van Asselt Playground is located on Beacon Hill. It is an active park with amenities in easy walking distance.
This small neighborhood park is right behind a QFC store, with a creek and neighborhood on the other side, and features a short walking path with benches.
View Ridge playfield has something for everyone. Sports fans will enjoy the softball field, basketball courts, and grassy open spaces. Little ones will love playing on the extensive playground with swings, slides, and equipment for many ages. Join us in the summer time to cool off in the wading pool. Picnickers will appreciate the covered shelter with picnic tables and tables placed around the park under mature shade trees. Bathrooms, drinking fountains, and accessible paved paths are also on site.
A grassy lookout below steep slopes and brush, this park is suitable for a quick stop and a look at the lake while on your boulevard tour. Stairs lead up to 39th & John from the Boulevard.
Located in the heart of Seattle, Volunteer Park is home to the Volunteer Park Conservatory and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The Landmarks Preservation Board designated Volunteer Park as a Seattle Landmark on November 2, 2011. This historic Olmsted Park is beloved by residents and visitors alike.
Wallingford Playfield has long been a popular neighborhood gathering place for tennis, picnics, wading pool splashing in summer, ball games, and playing. The play area, renovated in 2019, offers a variety of opportunities to slide, swing and spin. The play equipment provides areas for children from 2 to 5 years old and 5 to 12 with equipment that meets current safety standards and ensure accessibility to all children ages in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Extensive landscaping surrounds the wading pool, and a crushed rock path around the playfield connects to the paths on the park's east end. The park's short, steep west border is a native plant garden. Picnic tables among the trees, benches, and sitting boulders provide plenty of places to sit and read, rest, or watch children play.
Seattle Parks and Recreation acquired the Walt Hundley Playfield at High Point, from the Seattle Housing Authority in 1977. The 11-acre playfield was developed in 1980, and consists of two baseball fields and a lighted turf soccer field used primarily by recreational sports groups.
Washington Park Playfield is located in the Washington Park Arboretum. It has fields for soccer, baseball, and softball and includes lighting and bleachers.
Comprising the area from Pier 57 to Pier 59, this park is lined with lamps, benches, and high, curving railings. From either of two pink metal viewing platforms, reached both by stairs and a wheelchair-accessible ramp, you can enjoy excellent views of the city skyline, the waterfront, the ships in drydock, container cranes, the West Seattle Bridge, Magnolia Bluff, Blake Island, Bainbridge, and, on a clear day, the Olympic Mountains. Occasionally you may even see a seal. Four coin-operated telescopes on the sidewalk offer view assistance.
This tiny (135 feet long!) park has artwork that is so fun to look at that it competes with the glorious view the spot affords of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. The park includes a curved concrete bench inlaid with a bronze relief map of Olympic peaks, a triangular column that carries historic photographic images and has a weather vane on top, a sundial, and a half-moon area paved with over 500 bricks engraved with short expressions and the names of area residents, including early settlers. Stone stairs and a woodchip path lead down to the rocky beach.
Small pocket park for future development in Northeast Seattle
The West Duwamish Greenbelt is the largest greenbelt in the city and is home to fox, red-legged frogs, hawks, and bald eagles. The greenbelt encompasses the extended forest along the eastern slopes of West Seattle that is visible from I-5.
This stretch of flat grass bordering the Seattle Yacht Club and Montlake area homes offers a viewpoint of Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut. It connects neighborhoods.
This large, historic stadium has a football field, a track, and two sets of stands (one historical). Available for rental, it is adjacent to the West Seattle Golf Course.
The Westlake Greenbelt is one of the smaller greenbelts in the city, and includes the wooded slopes above Westlake Ave N.
This park is part of the downtown "town square" and consists of a paved street triangle with trees bounded by Westlake Ave, Steward St, and 6th Ave. It once had a canopy, benches and an underground restroom similar to the one at Pioneer Square. It is named for the adjacent street.
This tiny urban park with 2 bus stops also offers 4 benches to rest and wait for the bus on and some trees to help provide you some shade on those hot summer days.
Woodland Park is an exciting, multipurpose park and recreation space just southwest of Green Lake and north of the Fremont district. It is separated into two parts by Aurora Avenue.
As part of the Yesler neighborhood redevelopment, Seattle Housing Authority donated land for a park. The two-acre Yesler Terrace Park, behind the Yesler Community Center, was completed in August of 2018
This playground is on the campus of John Muir Elementary School.

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