A list of Parks alphabetically A - D

A list of Parks alphabetically E - H

A list of Parks alphabetically I - L

A list of Parks alphabetically M - P

A list of Parks alphabetically Q - T

A list of Parks alphabetically U - Z

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.

A spiraling path of water-permeable concrete on a steep hillside in Fremont, with an amphitheater that seats 150 people.

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 & 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

A beachfront strip in West Seattle with fire pits, sand volleyball, picnic sites, and a paved path for rollerbladers and bikes. No parking lot.

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.

Park with skate bowl, water feature, art, seating, lawns and accessible walkways. Part of the Ballard Municipal Center with Library and Neighborhood Services.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Belvoir Place is a small waterfront park located at 42nd Avenue NE near Surber Drive NE in Laurelhurst. This small park overlooks Union Bay.

Benvenuto Viewpoint is a small space that overlooks the highway and features views of the city.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Neighborhood park with children's play equipment, basketball, tennis, paved walking paths, and neighborhood views.

The Burke-Gilman Trail is a popular recreational trail for walkers, runners, cyclists, skaters and commuters. The trail is jointly maintained by Seattle Department of Transportation and Seattle Parks and Recreation.

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.

Sometimes called the Ferry & Hill Street Triangle, this space was once the terminus of a street car line from Spokane Street. It is named for adjacent California Ave SW and is located at the intersection of California Ave SW and SW Hill St.

68-acre wooded park in West Seattle with forest hikes, overnight cabin rentals, covered picnic areas, fire ring, rock climbing, and environmental education.

Forested park on the shore of Puget Sound, featuring hiking trails, a salmon-themed children's playground, wetlands, picnic sites, sandy beach, and an orchard.

This small park is a street triangle with grass and benches.

This is one of our many natural areas and green spaces in our city.

A neighborhood park, Cascade Playground has two play areas, a wide field, a picnic table and restrooms. The park is adjacent to an active community p-patch.

This neighborhood park offers parking, a sanded play area with swings, a play structure, some basketball courts, and a walking path that follows the outline of an oval-shaped lawn.

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.

A peaceful green island in a sea of traffic, Denny Park lies on the central business district's northern fringe, and is surrounded by major thoroughfares. Broad pathways planted with rhododendrons and azaleas lead to a central circle surrounded by thick crowned maples, pines, and other trees shield the grass and its sprawling occupants from city noises until it's time to return to the working world. The central offices of the Parks Department are at the west end of the park.

The grassy unlifeguarded beach is surrounded by an old stone wall, which marked the shoreline before 1917, when the lake level was lowered nine feet by the construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. There is enough room for a volleyball net above and quiet picnics and sunbathing below.(Excerpt from Enjoying Seattle's Parks by Brandt Morgan)

West Seattle's only motorized boat ramp faces downtown, located inside WDFW Marine Area 10. Features include picnic reservations, a restroom, and views.

Quiet and secluded on the banks of the Duwamish waterway, this park offers benches and a large lawn area, complete with big trees for shade, a BBQ pit and picnic tables, and to top it off you can find views of ships using the waterway too.

Located along the I-5 corridor on Beacon Hill, the East Duwamish Greenbelt is a series of parcels that form a natural area.

Neighborhood park with playground, swingset, restrooms, and soccer field, and seasonal wading pool.

North Seattle's only saltwater boat ramp, next to Golden Gardens Park. Located on Marine Area 10 and near Marine Area 12, Eddie Vine is popular for fishing.

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.

Neighborhood playground with a small lawn in West Seattle, just west of the Alaska Junction.

Park in northern Eastlake with a view overlooking Lake Union and a hand carry boat launch float.

This park is a small natural area.

This space is a large street triangle with nine trees and a bench named for adjacent Fauntleroy Way SW.

Mini park in the Central District with a double-decker tree house and fire pole, a boxed-in play area, drinking fountain, benches, and a whirl.

A street triangle in Rainier Beach containing a memorial marker dedicated to Rainier Beach residents who lost their lives in World War II.

Built on the I-5 lid between First Hill and Downtown, Freeway Park offers gardens, sculptures, fountains, and public events by SPR and partners.

Half-acre wooded park with unobstructed views of Puget Sound and the Olympics. Art features a sculpture marking the solstices and equinoxes.

Open lawn space with interpreteve elements on Portage Bay near the University of Washington. Restored shoreline provides water access for hand-carried boats.

Garfield Playfield features a playground, tennis courts, football field, track, and restrooms. Next to Garfield Community Center and Medgar Evers Pool.

An open space in Ballard with lawns, landscaping, and seating. Park design created traffic safety improvements along 14th Ave NW.

Georgetown Playfield's facilities include lighted ballfields, a 1/2 basketball court, a children's wading pool, tennis & handball courts, and swings.

Located at Martin Luther King Jr Way S and E Cherry, this triangle park is a great place to rest on the bench and check out artwork.

Popular beachfront park with sand volleyball, picnics, seasonal fire pits, wetlands, and a bathhouse. Upland areas have hiking trails and a dog off leash area.

Green Lake Park has a 2.8-mile paved walking path, sport courts, two swimming beaches, wading pool, and non-motorized boating access.

Deeded to Ballard in 1895 (annexed 1907), the triangle is all that remains of the large, original Greenwood Park to the east.

Haller Lake is a small lake in north Seattle. This little park provides public access to the west side of the lake, along the North 125th Street right-of-way. Perfect for picnics and bird watching; winter visitors include coots, shovelers, buffleheads, ruddy ducks, mergansers, gadwalls, and cormorants. The lake is also occasionally stocked with fish so this park is ideal for fishing!

This greenbelt is located in Seattle's Madison Valley along 32nd Ave E between E Denny Way and E Thomas St.

This very neat little park in the Duwamish industrial area offers some respite against the hustle and bustle of trucks and trains nearby. There are walking trails here that provide views of the Duwamish River, and some interpretive signs to help inform visitors about the local ecosystem. There is also a small lawn area available for stretching out and enjoying the sun.

A landscaped slope with stairway between Highland Drive and 2nd Ave N. 2nd Ave descends to meet Highland Drive a sharp angle, creating a sliver of park land.

This is a small traffic triangle with boulders and a tree.

Hitt’s Hill is a 3.2-acre wooded hilltop on the southwest end of Columbia City that was once home to the Hitt’s Fireworks factory.

This park in the heart of the Central Area features unique artwork, a "Unity Plaza" gathering place, picnic tables and lawn areas. Barbecue on the grill or bring a picnic lunch, and enjoy the views to Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains. The park will also include a large elephant sculpture in the children's play area.

This park is a staircase on the S Horton St right-of-way.

The park design draws on the site's rich history and hydrological conditions. The park landscaping is young, but will grow to provide natural play in groves of trees at the northeast corner of the park and at the Hubbard homestead site. The park also includes a main lawn surrounded by meadow planting, a half basketball court, a hydro-seeded "wet meadow," and a gateway plaza at 112th Street and 5th Avenue.

When this playground was originally developed in 1911, it was given the community name of Rainier Beach Playground. In 1965 the community petitioned the Park Board to rename this playground in honor of a former resident who had achieved great fame in the baseball world, Fred Hutchinson (1919-1964).

I-5 Colonnade is a winding series of bike paths, trails, and an off-leash area running under the I-5 highway. This space helps link the Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods.

Interlaken Park is a densely wooded area on the north end of Capitol Hill. The paths and trails throughout the park are frequented by bikers, hikers and joggers.

3.5-acre formal garden located inside the Washington Park Arboretum, designed byJapanese garden designer Juki Iida. Admission fees apply, hours vary seasonally.

Jimi Hendrix Park is located next to the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle’s vibrant Central District, a thriving multi-cultural community near where Jimi Hendrix grew up.

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.

A stunning 20-acre landscaped Japanese garden with hills, streams, bridges, and ponds. Popular for weddings, music and dance performances.

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.

Lakefront oasis at the edge of downtown with beach access, lawns, MOHAI, the Center for Wooden Boats, a model boat pond, spraypark, and event space.

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.

West Seattle's major multi-purpose park, with 4 miles of wooded trails, a waterfront promenade, 5 picnic shelters, sports fields, wading pool and swimming pool.

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.

Loyal Heights Playfield, adjacent to Loyal Heights Community Center, includes ballfields, and a children's play area, renovated in 2021.

At Taylor Avenue N and Newton Street, this park includes a viewpoint at the top overlooking Lake Union and the Cascade Mountains, and a grass meadow below.

Madison Park North Beach is located on Lake Washington, at the intersection of East Lynn Street and 43rd Avenue East. The park is one block north of Madison Park swim beach. The park is a long relatively narrow strip of grass with a view of Lake Washington. The park slopes downward from the sidewalk to the lake and there is a swing set and several benches.

Madrona Park is a wooded hillside sloping down to the shores of Lake Washington, where there are reservable picnic sites, a swimming beach, and dance studio.

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!

Named for the neighborhood, this space is a natural area.

Magnolia Manor Park is located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, with entrances at 3500 28th Ave W.

Magnolia Park is on the Magnolia Bluff with a magnificent view of Puget Sound and many beautiful trees. A great place to picnic.

This park comprises the tidelands area below Magnolia Bluff.

The 16 acres of park land will provides a neighborhood park for Northeast Seattle. The design theme "Wind, Waves and Wings" was inspired by a community vision.

Two baseball fields with backstops; lawn; single stal bathrooms; and accessible play area with slides and climbing features, swings, and whirl.

Right across the street from Parsons Garden, this tiny green oasis offers three benches, a friendly tree, and a view of the sound. The spot includes a memorial to Betty Bowen, a well-loved matron of the arts.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Memorial Park is a four-and-a-half acre City of Seattle park on the east side of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, between South Walker and South Bayview Streets. The park is designed around a black granite 'mountain' — a dramatic, thirty-foot sculpture inspired by the civil rights leader's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, made the day before he was assassinated in 1968.

Matthews Beach is Seattle’s largest freshwater bathing beach.

This is a green space along the road by the same name. McGilvra Blvd. was named to honor Judge J.J. McGilvra whose home site was on the lakeshore at Madison St., known then as "Laurel St.", which is now part of Madison Park.

McGraw Square was acquired by the City in 1911 "for a public square" and designated as a Landmark in 1985. Since 2011, it has been managed and maintained by Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). For event permitting of McGraw Square, please contact SDOT at www.seattle.gov/transportation/stuse_vend.htm or 206-684-5267.

The Me-Kwa-Mooks Natural Area extends both north and south of Me-Kwa-Mooks Park in West Seattle.

Meridian Playground is a quiet neighborhood park. It contains a large grassy area for any open activities, a play area and a gazebo near the shelter.

This space is a narrow triangle of land across E Thomas St from Miller Playground, and running between E Thomas and E John streets from 20th Ave E to 21st Ave E.

Wooded park near Northgate with landscaping, an art walk, and a free disc golf course.

This park space is the green planted center strips along Montlake Boulevard.

A great small park with benches and landscaped walkway, this space is a perfect place to rest.

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.

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.

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.

Peace Park was the dream of Dr. Floyd Schmoe, who after winning the Hiroshima Peace Prize in 1998 used the $5,000 prize money to clear a small lot near the University of Washington. From a pile of wrecked cars, garbage, and brush, he worked with community volunteers to build the beautiful Peace Park.

Located next to Leschi Elementary School, Peppi's Playground is full of unique play equipment, mature trees, and a large central wading pool. Restrooms and a rolling lawn are also located in the park. A small parking lot on East Spruce street and street parking in the surrounding area are available.

The first piece of Waterfront Park to open, Pier 62 is one acre of flexible public space that will be programmed year round with cultural, recreational, and educational programs that celebrate all communities and cultures. It will serve as a vibrant place for activities such as yoga, soccer, concerts, festivals, and more as a preview of the broader scale with the full Waterfront Park.

Pinehurst Playground’s name is derived from the community, which originated with a 1926 plat by W.G. Hartranft name “Pinehurst Addition”.

Pioneer Square - the heart of old Seattle - is the place to to go experience Seattle's early history. Turn-of-the-century street lamps line the square. A Tlingit totem pole towers up beside a drinking fountain fitted with a bust of Chief Seattle. (Excerpt from Enjoying Seattle's Parks by Brandt Morgan.)

Great neighborhood park complete with a play area with slide and climbing features, small lawn area, and true to its name: a plum tree. This little neighborhood park was designed with telephone pole stubs! Arranged in neat rows, the varying stump lengths form stairs, seats, and climbers that spiral through a sandy play area and provide decorative touches around the periphery. An alleyway basketball hoop draws neighborhood athletes. Several benches are also provided and small children and resident squirrels often climb the stub by the drinking fountain to gulp the flowing water.

Powell Barnett Park was clearly built with serious play in mind. With a children's play area, complex climbing structures, a wading pool in the summer, basketball hoops,and a broad field ideal for frisbee - there's something in the park for kids of all ages. There are benches and picnic table throughout the park, and ADA accessible restrooms in a wild castle-shaped build next to the play area.

Prefontaine Place is a small park with a fountain, across the street from City Hall Park.

Waterfront park with swim beach, lawn, and bathhouse in the Rainier Beach area. Tree species include cottonwoods.

Named for the creek. The natural area consists of parcels extending from 19th Ave SW and SW Brandon St to SW Holly St., along the line of the 19th Ave SW street right-of-way.

This tiny neighborhood playground has a lot to offer! Featuring play equipment with climbing features, monkey bars, and a small sandbox, there is a lot here for the kids. There are also a couple picnic tables for people to enjoy those warm summer evenings! This park also has a nice, if small, green lawn area, with views to the West.

Located on Queen Anne Hill, the "Bowl" of this park comes from its origins as a gravel quarry. Currently this park is a playfield and track.

Located adjacent to Rainier Beach Community Center, Rainier Beach Playfield includes tennis courts, and ballfields.

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.

Park in southern West Seattle with a skate park, playground, picnic reservations, and sport fields. Restored wetlands form the headwaters of Longfellow Creek.

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.

Schmitz Preserve Park has old growth forest, walking paths, Hiking and nature study.

Enjoy wandering in this great ravine, where deciduous woods predominate. There is a madrona grove at the park’s south end. A nice view of the water, but there is no beach access from Seola Park.

Seward Park boasts 300 acres of old growth forest, a 2.4 mile paved shoreline path, upland hiking, playground, picnic sites, art studio, and swimming beach.

This Port of Seattle Park is just west of Pier 91 on Elliott Bay. A 0.7-mile jogging and biking path parallels the road as it winds past warehouses before finally emerging at the Smith Cove bulkhead right beside Pier 91 and Elliott Bay. The concrete promenade with picnic tables provides a chance to spread out and enjoy the views all the way to Alki, as well as the bustling port activity. Here you will find lots of ducks and seagulls to entertain you as well.

This park features two baseball fields with backstops, a soccer field, a playground for the kids featuring slides, swings (and baby swings!) and climbing features, walking trails, and plenty of open space for tossing a Frisbee.

South Park Meadow is a just that, a grassy meadow in the South Park neighborhood.

Small, 0.83-acre park in the South Park neighborhood, featuring gathering spaces and play area.

A modern play area, a circle of benches, and a shallow bowl of grass and trees attract people of all ages.

Stan S. Sayres Memorial Park (also known as "Sayres Pits" because of its association with Seattle's annual Seafair Hydroplane Races) is located a mile south of the Interstate 90 Bridge on Lake Washington. Stan Sayres is also the home of the Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center. A north facing point, Stan Sayres offers four wide launching lanes which are usually protected from rough water. Additionally, if the weather is clear, Mount Rainier, Glacier Peak and Mount Ba

Located at the intersection of Dorffel Dr E and E John St, this is a small triangle park with a stair case and green space. Named in honor of the Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens, this space is one of five small parks in the area donated by the Denny-Blaine Land Company.

Named for the bordering avenue, this is a natural area.

This urban park boasts a skate bench feature, as well as a landscaped garden and a BBQ grill and picnic tables. Centrally located, it stands ready to provide a space for those summer evening barbecues with the neighborhood.

The Sunnyside boat ramp is located at the end of Sunnyside Avenue N just east of Gas Works Park on the Ship Canal. Sunnyside offers a single pier and a wide ramp and is one of Seattle's free of charge all purpose ramps. Sunnyside is also equipped with a portable, handicapped accessible, restroom placed at the ramp during the peak boating season. Sunnyside does not receive a large volume of use and parking is very limited. Boaters using Sunnyside will have to be content with street parking. Sunnyside was renovated in 1996.

Originally deeded to the city in 1905 by Clarence M. Dustin, it was renamed as "Sunset Place" in December of 1980. (Edited from the files of Don Sherwood, 1916-1981, Park Historian.)

TT Minor Park includes a children’s play area, a sports field, a jogging/walking path and relocation of the existing school parking lot. Improvements also included landscaping, new paving, benches, a drinking fountain and a bike rack, all of which are accessible to people with disabilities.

This natural space is a steeply sloped site named for Taylor Creek, which flows through neighboring Lakeridge Park into Lake Washington.

This park space is a small plot of land with a staircase and shrubs.

Thomas Street Mini-Park is a small neighborhood Park in one of the most densely populated areas of Seattle. Near small shops and cafes, it's ideal for sunbathing and relaxing.

Thornton Creek Natural Area is a series of properties in the Northgate neighborhood that preserve green space around Thornton Creek. This natural area includes Beaver Pond, Licorice Fern, Kingfisher, and other smaller natural areas and includes paths, restored native plants, and wildlife viewing.

The main attraction of this small square in the northwest corner of the central business district is a life-size statue of Chief Seattle, for whom the city was named. Wrapped in a stained copper shawl, the chief stands on a pedestal with one arm raised in symbolic greeting to the first white settlers who landed at Alki Point in 1851. Bear heads at the base of the pedestal spout streams of water into a pool.

Trolley Hill Park is located at 5th N and Blaine Street on Queen Anne. This park features a community P-Patch, a picnic area, and a natural play area. The name was chosen because 5th Avenue N was one of the main trolley lines leading up Queen Anne Hill from 1890 to 1940.

12th Ave. S Viewpoint provides a stunning view from north Beacon Hill of downtown Seattle, the industrial Duwamish River shipping activity, Elliott Bay, and the Olympic Mountains to the west. The park features a lawn area as well as two benches.

Named for the adjacent Union Bay, the boglands are a collection of natural area properties around the Union Bay Natural Area.

Located at the heart of the Hawthorne Hills neighborhood, this park is a large roundabout traffic circle with benches, trees, and territorial views. University Circle was included in the original real estate development plan for the area. Several streets surrounding the park are named for famous universities such as Vassar Ave NE and Princeton Ave NE.

This parkspace is a wooded slope rising above the Burke-Gilman Trail where it runs parallel to Riveria Pl NE just south of NE 125 St.

Found at the end of the road, this small park offers tremendous views of downtown and the Cascades, as well as shipping ports, yachts, private boats, etc. There are a few benches and a small knoll for sitting under trees and taking in the sights, while its surroundings keep it relatively quiet.

Victor Steinbrueck Park is located at the north end of Pike Place Market. On a summer afternoon, the park bustles with a lively combination of neighborhood residents, visitors, tourists, and people who work in the area -all enjoying picnics, sunbathing, playing and relaxing on the park's lawn, benches, and tables.

Victory Heights Park has large grassy field surrounded by trees, a tennis court, play structure, slides and swings.

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.

An Olmsted park atop Capitol Hill, Volunteer Park is home to the Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle Asian Art Museum, gardens, paths, and a wading pool.

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.