List of parks in Seattle explained

The city of Seattle, Washington, is home to hundreds of parks of various classifications.

National parks

Seattle contains one area administered by the National Park Service.

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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park		1976	Pioneer Square		This is one of four units that make up the national historical park. The other three are in Skagway, Alaska.

City parks

Seattle's city parks are administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, a city department. Several bike and pedestrian trails are maintained by the Seattle Department of Transportation or administered jointly by both departments. A number of waterfront parks are administered by the Port of Seattle, a municipal corporation.

Seattle's oldest park is Denny Park and its largest is Discovery Park. This list has only the notable parks.

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Alki Beach Park		1907	West Seattle	135.9acres
Alvin Larkins Park		1975	Madrona
Beer Sheva Park		1905	Rainier Beach		Originally named Atlantic City Park, it was renamed after Beer Sheva, Israel in 1977.
Bryant Playground		1978	Bryant/View Ridge	3.1acres
Burke–Gilman Trail		1978		27miles	Jointly maintained with Seattle Department of Transportation.
Cal Anderson Park		1901	Capitol Hill	7.37acres
Carkeek Park			Broadview	216acres
Cascade Playground			Cascade
Chief Sealth Trail		2007		3.6miles	Maintained by Seattle Department of Transportation.
City Hall Park		1916	Pioneer Square	1.3acres
Colman Park		1907	Mount Baker	24.3acres
Cowen Park		1906	Ravenna	8.4acres	Contiguous with Ravenna Park.
Denny Park		1883	South Lake Union		Seattle's oldest park, it was completely flattened in the Denny Regrade in 1930.
Denny-Blaine Park			Denny-Blaine
Discovery Park		1973	Magnolia	534acres
Dr. Jose Rizal Park		1979	Beacon Hill	9.6acres
East Montlake Park			Montlake
Fairview Park			Eastlake	0.8acres
Fauntleroy Park		1971	Fauntleroy	32.9acres
Freeway Park		1976	Downtown/First Hill	5.2acres
Fremont Peak Park		2007	Fremont	0.5acres
Frink Park		1906	Leschi	17.2acres
Gas Works Park		1975	Wallingford	19.1acres
Genesee Park			Rainier Valley	57.7acres
Golden Gardens Park			Ballard, Seattle	87.8acres
Green Lake Park		1903	Green Lake
Hamilton Viewpoint		1954	West Seattle	16.9acres
Hing Hay Park		1973	Chinatown-International District	0.64acres
I-5 Colonnade		2005	Capitol Hill/Eastlake	7.5acres	This park is located under Interstate 5.
Interlaken Park			Capitol Hill/Montlake	51.7acres
Jack Block Park		2001	West Seattle	15acres	Maintained by the Port of Seattle.
Jackson Park		1928	Haller Lake/Northgate/Lake City	160.7acres
Jefferson Park		1908	Beacon Hill	52.4acres
Kerry Park		1927	Queen Anne	1.26acres
Kinnear Park		1892-94	Queen Anne	14.1acres
Kiwanis Ravine			Magnolia	8.7acres
Kobe Terrace			Chinatown-International District	1acres
Kubota Garden		1927	Rainier Beach	20acres	It has been a public park since 1987.
Lake People Park		2005	Columbia City	0.5acres
Lake Union Park		2010	South Lake Union	12acres
Lakeview Park			Denny-Blaine	4.5acres
Leschi Park			Leschi	18.5acres
Licton Springs		1960	Licton Springs	6.3acres
Lincoln Park			West Seattle	135acres
Louisa Boren Park		1913	Capitol Hill	7.2acres
Madison Park			Madison Park	8.3acres
Madrona Park			Madrona	31.2acres
Magnuson Park		1977	Sand Point	350acres	Originally called Carkeek Park and occupied by the United States Navy from 1922-1975.
Matthews Beach Park		1951	Matthews Beach	22acres
McCurdy Park			Montlake	1.5acres
Me-Kwa-Mooks Park		1994	West Seattle	20.2acres
Meridian Playground			Wallingford		The site features a building called the Good Shepherd Center, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Home of the Good Shepherd.
Montlake Playfield		1935	Montlake	27acres
Myrtle Edwards Park			Belltown	4.8acres
North Passage Point Park		1977	Northlake	0.8acres
Northacres Park			Haller Lake	20.7acres
Northeast 130th Street Beach			Cedar Park	0.084acres land; 0.315acres including water
Occidental Park		1971	Pioneer Square	0.6acres
Oxbow Park			Georgetown
Peace Park		1990	University District
Ravenna Park			Ravenna	49.9acres	Contiguous with Cowen Park.
Roanoke Park		1908	Capitol Hill/Portage Bay	2.2acres
Schmitz Park		1908	West Seattle	53.1acres
Seattle Center		1962	Lower Queen Anne	74acres	Administered by the Seattle Center Department, a city department.
Seattle Japanese Garden		1960	Madison Park	3.5acres
Seward Park		1911	Seward Park	300acres
South Passage Point Park		1977	Eastlake	0.9acres
Terry Pettus Park			Eastlake	0.9acres
Tilikum Place			Belltown
Victor Steinbrueck Park		1970	Downtown	0.8acres
Viretta Park			Denny-Blaine	1.8acres
Volunteer Park		1901	Capitol Hill	48.3acres
Washington Park Arboretum		1934	Montlake/Madison Valley/Washington Park	230acres	Jointly administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, the University of Washington, and the Arboretum Foundation.
Waterfront Park			Central Waterfront
Westlake Park		1988	Downtown	0.1acres
West Montlake Park		1909	Montlake
Woodland Park		1902	Phinney Ridge/Green Lake	90.9acres	Site of Woodland Park Zoo, and contiguous with Green Lake Park.

Other non-profit parks

A number of parks are operated by educational institutions or other non-profit organizations.

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Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens			Ballard		Part of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Olympic Sculpture Park		2007	Belltown	9acres	Operated by the Seattle Art Museum.
South Seattle College Arboretum			West Seattle
Union Bay Natural Area		1972	University District	50acres	Administered by University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
Woodland Park Zoo			Phinney Ridge		Operated by a non-profit organization.

Private parks

Private individuals and organizations maintain a number of parks which are open for use by the public.

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Streissguth Gardens		1962	Capitol Hill
Waterfall Garden Park		1978	Pioneer Square

Other

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O.O. Denny Park		1922	47.71°N -122.2486°W	46acres	Owned by Seattle since its inception, but currently managed by the city of Kirkland.^[1]

All Seattle parks

Parks administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation.

1. 12th Ave. Square Park
2. 12th West & West Howe Park
3. 14th Avenue NW Boat Ramp
4. 3001 E Madison Park
5. 32nd Ave W Boat Launch
6. 6th Avenue NW Pocket Park
7. A. B. Ernst Park
8. Adams Street Boat Ramp
9. Albert Davis Park
10. Alice Ball Park
11. Alki Beach Park
12. Alki Playground
13. Alvin Larkins Park
14. Amy Yee Tennis Center Park
15. Andover Place
16. Arroyos Natural Area
17. Atlantic City Boat Ramp
18. Atlantic Street Park
19. B.F. Day Playground
20. Bagley Viewpoint
21. Baker Park on Crown Hill
22. Ballard Commons Park
23. Ballard Corners Park
24. Ballard Playground
25. Bar-S Playground
26. Bayview Playground
27. Bayview-Kinnear (Lower Kerry Park)
28. Beacon Hill Playfield
29. Beacon Place
30. Beer Sheva Park
31. Bell Street Park
32. Bellevue Place
33. Belltown Cottage Park
34. Belmont Place
35. Belvedere Park
36. Belvoir Place
37. Benefit Playground
38. Benvenuto Viewpoint
39. Bergen Place
40. Bhy Kracke Park
41. Bitter Lake Playfield
42. Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space
43. Blaine Place
44. Blue Dog Pond
45. Blue Ridge Circle
46. Blue Ridge Places
47. Boren Park
48. Boren Place
49. Boylston Place
50. Bradner Gardens Park
51. Brighton Playfield
52. Broadway Hill Park
53. Bryant Neighborhood Playground
54. Burke-Gilman Playground Park
55. Burke-Gilman Trail
56. Cal Anderson Park
57. California Place
58. Camp Long
59. Carkeek Park
60. Carleton Center
61. Carleton Highlands
62. Cascade Place
63. Cascade Playground
64. Cayton Corner Park
65. Cedar Park
66. Cesar Chavez Park
67. Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint
68. Cheasty Boulevard
69. Cheasty Natural Area
70. Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop
71. Chinook Beach Park
72. Christie Park
73. City Hall Park
74. Cleveland Playfield
75. Coe Play Park
76. College Street Park
77. College Street Ravine
78. Colman Park
79. Colman Playground
80. Columbia Park
81. Commodore Park
82. Corliss Place
83. Cormorant Cove
84. Cottage Grove Park
85. Counterbalance Park
86. Cowen Park
87. Crescent Place
88. Crown Hill Glen
89. Crown Hill Park
90. Daejeon Park
91. Dahl Playfield
92. Dakota Place Park
93. David Rodgers Park
94. Day Street Boat Ramp
95. Dearborn Park
96. Delridge and Myrtle Park
97. Delridge Playfield
98. Denny Blaine Lake Park
99. Denny Park
100. Denny Blaine Park
101. Discovery Park
102. Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
103. Dr. Jose Rizal Park
104. Don Armeni Boat Ramp
105. Donnie Chin International Childrens Park
106. Duwamish Waterway Park
107. E.C. Hughes Playground
108. East Duwamish Greenbelt
109. East Montlake Park
110. East Portal Viewpoint
111. East Queen Anne Playground
112. Eastmont Place
113. Eddie Vine Boat Ramp
114. Ella Bailey Park
115. Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook
116. Endolyne Park
117. Ercolini Park
118. Fairmount Playground
119. Fairview Park
120. Fairview Walkway
121. Fauntleroy Creek Ravine
122. Fauntleroy Park
123. Fauntleroy Place
124. Ferdinand Street Boat Launch
125. Firehouse Mini Park
126. First Hill Park
127. Fletcher Place
128. Flo Ware Park
129. Freeway Park
130. Fremont Canal Park
131. Fremont Peak Park
132. Frink Park
133. Fritz Hedges Waterway Park
134. Froula Playground
135. Garfield Playfield
136. Gas Works Park
137. Gemenskap Park
138. Genesee Park and Playfield
139. Georgetown Playfield
140. Georgetown Pump Station
141. Gerber Park
142. Gilman Playground
143. Golden Gardens Park
144. Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
145. Green Lake Park
146. Greenwood Park
147. Greenwood Triangle
148. Greg Davis Park
149. Haller Lake Street End
150. Hamilton Viewpoint Park
151. Harrison Ridge Greenbelt
152. Harvard-Miller/Roanoke Annex
153. Herring's House Park
154. Hiawatha Playfield
155. Highland Drive Parkway
156. Highland Park Playground
157. Highland Place
158. Hing Hay Park
159. Hitt's Hill Park
160. Homer Harris Park
161. Horiuchi Park
162. Horton Hill Corridor
163. Howell Park
164. Hubbard Homestead
165. Hunter Boulevard
166. Hutchinson Playground
167. Hyde Place
168. I-5 Colonnade
169. Interbay Athletic Complex
170. Interlaken Park
171. Inverness Ravine Park
172. Japanese Garden
173. Jefferson Park
174. Jimi Hendrix Park
175. John C. Little, Sr. Park
176. Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook
177. Judkins Park and Playfield
178. Julia Lee’s Park
179. Junction Plaza
180. Katie Black's Garden
181. Kerry Park
182. Keystone Place
183. Kilbourne Park
184. Kinnear Park
185. Kinnear Place
186. Kirke Park
187. Kiwanis Memorial Preserve Park
188. Kobe Terrace
189. Kubota Garden
190. Lake City Memorial Triangle
191. Lake City Mini Park
192. Lake People Park
193. Lake Union Park
194. Lake Washington Boulevard
195. Lakeridge Park
196. Lakeridge Playfield
197. Lakeview Park
198. Lakeview Place
199. Lakewood Playground
200. Lakewood Triangle
201. Lambert Place
202. Landing Parkway
203. Lawton Park
204. Laurelhurst Playfield
205. Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area
206. Leschi Park
207. Licton Springs Park
208. Lewis Park
209. Lincoln Park
210. Linden Orchard Park
211. Little Brook Park
212. Llandover Woods Greenspace
213. Lowman Beach Park
214. Longfellow Creek Natural Area
215. Loyal Heights Playfield
216. Lynn Street Mini Park
217. MacLean Park
218. Madison Park
219. Madison Park North Beach
220. Madrona Briar Patch
221. Madrona Park
222. Madrona Playground
223. Madrona Ravine
224. Magnolia Boulevard
225. Magnolia Greenbelt
226. Magnolia Manor Park
227. Magnolia Park
228. Magnolia Playfield
229. Magnolia Tidelands Park
230. Magnuson Park
231. Maple Leaf Reservoir Park
232. Maple School Ravine
233. Maple Wood Playfield
234. Marra-Desimone Park
235. Marshall Park
236. Martha Washington Park
237. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Memorial Park
238. Marvin's Garden
239. Matthews Beach Park
240. Mayfair Park
241. McGilvra Boulevard
242. McGilvra Place
243. McGraw Square
244. Meadowbrook Playfield
245. Me-Kwa-Mooks Natural Area
246. Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
247. Meridian Playground
248. Miller Playfield
249. Miller Triangle
250. Mineral Springs Park
251. Mock Creek Ravine
252. Montlake Boulevard
253. Montlake Playfield
254. Morgan Junction
255. Mount Baker Boulevard
256. Mount Baker Park
257. Mount Claire Park
258. Mt Baker Ridge Viewpoint
259. Myrtle Edwards Park
260. Myrtle Reservoir
261. Nantes Park
262. Nathan Hale Playfield
263. NE 60th Street Park
264. NE 130th Street End
265. Nora's Woods
266. North Beach Park
267. North Passage Point
268. Northacres Park
269. Northeast Queen Anne Greenbelt
270. Northgate Park
271. Northlake Park
272. Northwest 60th Viewpoint
273. Observatory Courts
274. Occidental Square
275. Olympic Sculpture Park
276. Open Water Park
277. Orchard Street Ravine
278. Othello Playground
279. Oxbow Park
280. Park Home Circle
281. Parkmont Place
282. Parsons Gardens Park
283. Peace Park
284. Pelly Place Natural Area
285. Peppi's Playground
286. Piers 62 and 63
287. Pigeon Point Park
288. Pinehurst Playground
289. Pinehurst Pocket Park
290. Pioneer Square
291. Pipers Creek Natural Area
292. Plum Tree Park
293. Plymouth Pillars Park
294. Powell Barnett Park
295. Pratt Park
296. Prefontaine Place
297. Prentis I. Frazier Park
298. Pritchard Island Beach
299. Puget Boulevard Commons
300. Puget Creek Greenspace
301. Puget Park
302. Puget Ridge Playground
303. Queen Anne Boulevard
304. Queen Anne Bowl Playfield
305. Rainbow Point
306. Rainier Beach Playfield
307. Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
308. Rainier Place
309. Rainier Playfield
310. Ravenna Boulevard
311. Ravenna Park
312. Ravenna Ravine
313. Ravenna Woods
314. Ravenna-Eckstein Park
315. Regrade Park
316. Riverview Playfield
317. Roanoke Park
318. Roanoke Street Mini Park
319. Rogers Playground
320. Ross Playground
321. Rotary Viewpoint
322. Roxhill Park
323. Sacajawea Playground
324. Salmon Bay Park
325. Sam Smith Park
326. Sandel Playground
327. Schmitz Boulevard
328. Schmitz Preserve Park
329. Seacrest Park
330. Seola Park
331. Seven Hills Park
332. Seward Park
333. Sierra Place
334. Smith Cove Park
335. Solstice Park
336. Soundview Playfield
337. Soundview Terrace
338. South Park Meadow
339. South Park Playground
340. South Passage Point
341. Spring Street Mini Park
342. Spruce Street Mini Park
343. St. Marks Greenbelt
344. Stan Sayres Memorial Park
345. Stevens Place
346. Stevens Triangle
347. Sturgus Park
348. Sturtevant Ravine
349. Summit Place
350. Summit Slope Park
351. Sunnyside Ave N Boat Ramp
352. Sunset Hill Park
353. Sunset Place
354. SW Queen Anne Greenbelt
355. T.T. Minor Playground
356. Tashkent Park
357. Taylor Creek Headwaters
358. Terry Pettus Park
359. Thayer Place
360. Thomas C. Wales Park
361. Thomas Street Mini Park
362. Thorndyke Park
363. Thornton Creek Natural Area
364. Thyme Patch Park
365. Tilikum Place
366. Troll’s Knoll Park
367. Trolley Hill Park
368. Trudy's Triangle
369. Twelfth Avenue South Viewpoint
370. Union Bay Boglands
371. Union Station Square
372. University Circle
373. University Heights Plaza
374. University Lake Shore Place
375. University Playground
376. Urban Triangle Park
377. Ursula Judkins Viewpoint
378. Van Asselt Playground
379. Victor Steinbrueck Park
380. Victory Creek Park
381. Victory Heights Playground
382. View Ridge Playfield
383. Viretta Park
384. Virgil Flaim Park
385. Volunteer Park
386. Volunteer Parkway
387. Wallingford Playfield
388. Wallingford Steps
389. Walt Hundley Playfield
390. Ward Springs Park
391. Washington Park Arboretum
392. Washington Park Playfield
393. Washington Street Boat Landing
394. Waterfront Park
395. Waterway 19
396. Watton Site
397. Webster Park
398. Wedgwood Square
399. West Duwamish Greenbelt
400. West Ewing Mini Park
401. West Montlake Park
402. West Queen Anne Playfield
403. West Seattle Stadium
404. Westcrest Park
405. Westlake Greenbelt
406. Westlake Park
407. Westlake Square
408. William Grose Park
409. Williams Place
410. Wolf Creek Ravine Natural Area
411. Woodland Park
412. Woodland Park Rose Garden
413. Yesler Terrace Park
414. York Park
415. York Playground

All Port of Seattle parks

• Bridge Gear Park^[2]
• Centennial Park (formerly Elliott Bay Park)^[3]
• Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat^[4]
• Seattle Fishermen's Memorial.^[5]
• həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 107 Park)^[6]
• Jack Block Park (formerly Terminal 5 Park)^[7]
• Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Turning Basin #3)^[8]
• sbəq̓ʷaʔ Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 108/Diagonal Park)^[9]
• t̓ałt̓ałucid Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly 8th Ave. South Park)^[10]
• Terminal 115 Public Access^[11]
• Terminal 18 Park^[12]
• Terminal 91 Bike Trail (part of the Elliott Bay Trail)^[13]
• t̓uʔəlaltxʷ Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 105 Park)^[14]

See also

• List of Olmsted parks in Seattle
• Shoreline street ends in Seattle

External links

• Park List, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation.

Notes and References

1. Web site: O.O. Denny Park . City of Kirkland . 20 August 2022.
2. Web site: Bridge Gear Park . Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
3. Web site: Centennial Park . Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
4. Web site: Duwamish River People's Park and Shoreline Habitat . Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
5. Web site: Fishermen's Memorial. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
6. Web site: həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat . Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
7. Web site: Jack Block Park. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
8. Web site: Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
9. Web site: sbəq̓ʷaʔ Park and Shoreline Habitat. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
10. Web site: t̓ałt̓ałucid Park and Shoreline Habitat. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
11. Web site: Terminal 115 Public Access. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
12. Web site: Terminal 18 Park. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
13. Web site: Terminal 91 Bike Trail. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.
14. Web site: t̓uʔəlaltxʷ Village Park and Shoreline Habitat. Port of Seattle . 2023-02-17.