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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.

12th West & West Howe Park

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.

14th Avenue NW Boat Ramp

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.

3001 E Madison Park

This park is a small community green space with deciduous trees and ground cover.

32nd Ave W Boat Launch

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.

6th Avenue NW Pocket Park

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. B. Ernst Park

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

Adams Street Boat Launch

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

Albert Davis Park

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.

Alice Ball Park

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

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 Playground

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

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 Park

Amy Yee Tennis Center offers 10 indoor courts, 6 outdoor courts and a wide array of programs.

Andover Place

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.

Arroyos Natural Area

Arroyo Heights is a 7.5 acre undeveloped area in a quiet neighborhood with great views of Puget Sound.

Atlantic City Boat Ramp

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

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

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

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 on Crown Hill

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

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

Ballard Corners Park

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 Playground

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.

Bar-S Playground

The Bar-S "Little League" Playground in West Seattle features two grass youth baseball fields.

Bayview Playground

Bayview Playground features a grass baseball field, basketball hoops, a children's play area, and restrooms.

Bayview-Kinnear (Lower Kerry Park)

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

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.

Beer Sheva Park

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

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.

Belmont Place

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

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

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

Bhy Kracke Park

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 Reservoir Open Space

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.

Blanche Lavizzo Park

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 Ridge Circle

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.

Boren Park

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.

Boylston Place

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.

Brighton Playfield

Brighton Playfield, located next to Aki Kurose Middle School, includes ballfields, tennis courts, and a children's play area.

Bryant Neighborhood Playground

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

Cal Anderson Park

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.

Camp Long

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

Carleton Center

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

Cascade Place

This turnaround island at the end of Palmer Court NW is in Ballard just west of NW Market St at NW 52nd St.

Cayton Corner Park

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. 

Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint

Richey Viewpoint runs parallel to Beach Drive SW roughly from Alki Point to 63rd Ave. SW, and includes Constellation Park and an area of Marine Reserve at the end of 63rd Ave. SW. There is a hand-carry boat ramp near the foot of the western stairway.

Cheasty Natural Area

Named for Park Board member Edward C. Cheasty (1864-1914), this space is one of our city's natural areas. Cheasty Greenspace is home to the Cheasty Mountain Bike and Pedestrian Trail Pilot Project, a new loop trail for biking and walking that allows the community to enjoy nature while protecting sensitive areas.

Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop

The City and the Seattle Parks Foundation created a multi-use loop around Lake Union. The vision is to invite community use and enjoyment of Lake Union; providing a loop that connects people to open space – connecting us to new and existing lakefront parks, celebrating the lake’s historic working waterfront, and revealing the unique character and quality of the lake itself.

Christie Park

Formerly NE 43rd St. Mini Park, this park was renamed in May 1981. It offers grassy areas to picnic on sunny days, as well as drinking fountains and public artwork, with half-court basketball and a bench. A new 11-acre addition opened in September 2020.

Cleveland Playfield

Cleveland playfield's facilities include a football field, a 1/4 mile track, tennis courts, handball courts, shotput, and pole vault.

College Street Park

This simple park offers a small piece of grass, a play area, and a water fountain. Despite its simplicity, it has become a favorite picnic spot for the residents of the surrounding community.

Colman Park

Colman Park is located just south of the old Lake Washington Floating Bridge. The beach itself is adjacent to Mount Baker Bathing Beach, but is a part of Colman Park. The beach features grass, big drooping willows, and picnic tables. If you've brought along your Frisbee, football, soccer ball, or volleyball, the grass to the north makes a friendly playing ground.

Columbia Park

Along busy Rainier Avenue, Columbia Park offers open grass and two magnificent maple trees beside the Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library. This park serves as a buffer against the traffic, and provides a great place to pore over newly borrowed books. The park was annexed to the city in 1907.

Corliss Place

Named by real estate developer William D. Wood (1858-1917) in honor of Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906), Seattle's third mayor. Stone was active in the development of residential property, platting the neighborhoods of Wallingford and Fremont. This park is a small triangle.

Cottage Grove Park

Located in the Delridge area, is part of three parks known collectively as the Delridge Parks. Together with Puget Boulevard Commons and Greg Davis Park, Cottage Grove Park creates a large area of open space/park land that includes passive and active recreational elements.

Cowen Park

A generally quiet enclave north of the University of Washington, Cowen Park is tacked onto the west end of Ravenna Park, adding grassy play and picnic areas to the ravine that descends toward the southeast. Here you will find a softball field, a few picnic tables and barbecue pits, a play area with swings and climbing bars, and restrooms. In the summer, Cowen is a popular sunbathing spot.

Crown Hill Glen

Located in the Crown Hill neighborhood, has many trees and native plants, boulder seating areas, and a winding nature path. It is a quiet spot at the convergence of two street ends, connected by a staircase.

Daejeon Park

Adjacent to Sturgus Park, Daejeon Park is named for Seattle's sister city in Korea. It features Korean style pagoda and open space.

Dahl Playfield

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.

Dakota Place Park

Dakota Place Park is located in West Seattle within walking distance of many shops, restaurants and activities along California Avenue.

David Rodgers Park

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.

Dearborn Park

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.

Delridge Playfield

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

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

Seattle's largest park, Discovery Park is 534 acres of mostly natural area, including forests, meadows, bluffs, and 2 miles of protected tidal beaches.

Donnie Chin International Childrens Park

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

West Seattle playground near Roxhill with ballfields, a children's play area, seasonal wading pool, restrooms, and a view of Mount Rainier to the south.

East Portal Viewpoint

Viewpoint over the I-90 floating bridge with views of Bellevue and the Cascades. Part of the Mountains-To-Sound bike trail.

Eastmont Place

Named for an adjacent street, this pocket park is a street triangle with grass and a tetherball tied to a street sign.

Ella Bailey Park

Park on Magnolia's southeastern hillside with panoramic views of Mt. Rainier and Downtown, featuring a playground, reservable picnic area, and walking paths.

Endolyne Park

Wooded green space in southern West Seattle's Fauntleroy neighborhood, named after the "End-Of-Line" where the trolley service ended.

Fairmount Playground

Playground in West Seattle with a junior soccer and softball field. The shelter house is decorated with a Native American mural painted by local teens.

Fairview Walkway

Located along a floating walkway by Lake Union alongside Fairview Ave E across from the old steam plant, this is a small green space.

Fauntleroy Park

A densely wooded patch of forest in southern West Seattle with walking trails.

Ferdinand Street Boat Launch

Hand carry boat launch facing Seward Park, with reservable picnic sites.

First Hill Park

Historic park with brickwork pathways, benches, flower gardens, picnic tables, and a water fountain; and views down the hill toward downtown Seattle.

Flo Ware Park

Small neighborhood park in the Central District with a children's play area, benches, and lawn space for sunning.

Fremont Canal Park

Linear green space along the north side of the Ship Canal with benches and a gravel walking path. Carries a portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Fremont.

Frink Park

A densely vegetated ravine primarily used as a natural woods drive. South Frink Place winds through the park and opens onto Lake Washington Boulevard.

Froula Playground

This playground features baby swings, tennis courts, long lawn area perfect for catch, as well as slides and climbing features.

Gas Works Park

Major park on the north shore of Lake Union with sweeping views of Seattle. Features include the Play Barn, Kite Hill, Waterfront Promenade, and picnic sites.

Genesee Park and Playfield

Large park with a 2.5-acre Dog Off Leash Area, reservable picnic shelter, 2 synthetic turf athletic fields, and a meadow with walking paths.

Georgetown Pump Station

Undeveloped park property on the eastern shore of the Duwamish River, including a decommissioned pump station building from the Georgetown Steam Plant.

Gilman Playground

Gilman Playground’s features include ballfields, tennis courts, a play area, and wading pool.

Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery

Cemetery for Civil War heroes of 1861-1865, with 526 graves and a monument. Adjacent to Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill.

Greenwood Park

Full city block park in Greenwood, with a play area, a "game garden", sports court, P-Patch, open lawn, ADA walkways, large trees, and BBQ with picnic area.

Greg Davis Park

Neighborhood park featuring a mid-size lawn area, a trickling creek, and pathways connecting to Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail.

Hamilton Viewpoint Park

With a stunning view of the city, Elliott Bay, the harbor and the Cascade Mountains, Hamilton Viewpoint showcases Seattle's urban and natural beauty.

Harvard-Miller/Roanoke Annex

This is a small triangle-shaped lawn area.

Hiawatha Playfield

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.

Highland Park Playground

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

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.

Hoa Mai Park

Plaza connected to the Little Saigon streetcar station with small event space.

Horiuchi Park

Named for artist C. Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999), this park is a small staircase with a community garden.

Howell Park

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.

Hunter Boulevard

This green street boulevard is named by and for the Hunter Tract Improvement Co. The identity of "Hunter" is not known.

Hyde Place

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.

Interbay Athletic Complex

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.

Inverness Ravine Park

Iverness Ravine Park is primarily a natural area.

Jefferson Park

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.

John C. Little, Sr. Park

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.

Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook

Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook, named for civil rights advocate Charles Moorehouse Stokes, is one of the areas of the I-90 lid.

Julia Lee’s Park

Julia Lee's Park was established in 1993 by her husband, C. Calvert Knudsen, as a memorial. The park holds an Italianate garden with handsome wooden benches and has become a green and peaceful meeting place for Madison Valley residents of all ages.

Katie Black's Garden

This historic landscape was originally created for Katie Black, an early Seattle settler. The community rallied to preserve it and has worked hard to remove blackberries and restore the garden.

Keystone Place

Named by area real estate developer, dentist and electrical engineer Dr. Edward Corliss Kilbourne (1856-1959; he died at age 103). The name probably reflects the shape of this "triangle" and its location at N 57th St and Keystone Pl N.

Kinnear Park

A roughly pie-shaped, two-tiered park, Kinnear is bigger, grassier, and woodsier than the parks on the upper part of the hill, and offers closer views of the city and the sound. It is dominated here by the grain elevators of Pier 86, where ships dock to be fed their cargoes through snaking tubes. You can also spot joggers moving antlike along the narrow green of Myrtle Edwards and Elliott Bay parks on the shoreline. For a different, quieter mood, descend into Lower Kinnear on a narrow pathway, which leads to a tennis court, and walk among glacial boulders and maple trees. (Excerpt from Enjoying Seattle Parks by Brandt Morgan.)

Kirke Park

The park was named Kirke which means church in Norwegian. This name pays tribute to both the Norwegian heritage of the neighborhood and the history of the site. This site was home to the Church of Seventh Elect in Spiritual Israel for more than 90 years.

Kobe Terrace

Terraced hillside adorned with Mt. Fuji cherry trees, between S Washington St and S Main St in the Int'l District, forming a lovely pedestrian hillclimb route.

Lake City Beach Park

This tiny beach is accessible by foot or by bike, and is most easily reached by the Burke-Gilman Trail. The site had been a public small street-end beach property used by the community since the early 1900's. In 2013, it became clear that the land was not, in fact, publicly owned. Neighboring community members rallied the City to help restore public access to this waterfront property.

Lake City Mini Park

Paved plaza in the commercial core of Lake City, connecting the neighborhood to shopping and transit.

Lake People Park

This half-acre of forested land provides views north to downtown Seattle and east to the Cascades. It also preserves a green oasis just blocks from Rainier Ave. S. A flat area at the top of the park includes benches and boulders to sit on and a picnic table. Follow the trails to read interpretive signs that help identify native plants. The park incorporates a walkway and public stairs in the Bradford St. unopened right-of-way, connecting the residential neighborhood at the top of the hill with the Rainier commercial district at the bottom of the hill.

Lake Washington Boulevard

The original boulevard, and also the first to be paved in 1907, was in Washington Park. Interlaken Blvd. was the connection between town and the various boulevards along the lake. Scattered portions to the south were called Lake Washington Blvd. and by 1920 all the sections and boulevards had been connected, and the whole length given the name Washington Blvd.

Lakeridge Playfield

This neighborhood playground and playfield has quite a lot to offer! Here can be found slides, regular and baby swings, a whirl, a basketball court, and a baseball field! There are even bathroom facilities here, making this a very comfortable park to hold large events in, or just spend the afternoon relaxing.

Lakeview Place

A small and steep slope with trees

Lakewood Triangle

This park is a small walkway with a memorial and stone wall along Lake Washington.

Landing Parkway

Named for its role as an approach route to a boat ramp, the Parkway consists of S. Horton Street between Sierra Place and Lake Washington Blvd.

Laurelhurst Playfield

Laurelhurst Playfield includes ball fields, tennis courts, a children's play area and meadows.

Leschi Park

Leschi Park is a well-manicured, rolling hillside of grass planted with exotic trees and gardens of roses. Pathways follow an undulating terrain to restrooms above. A path to the right leads to a tennis court, and one to the left goes on up to a playground with slides and a sand box. A grassy spot under willows on the east side of Lakeside S. looks out on acres of sailboats and old-time ferry.

Lewis Park

Lewis Park is located on the east slope of Beacon Hill at 1120 15th Ave. S. and just south of I-90.

Linden Orchard Park

Linden Orchard was formerly the site of an apple orchard. This beautifully landscaped park includes a large lawn, a P-Patch community garden, new fruit trees, edible landscaping, a neighborhood gathering place with benches and a picnic table, interactive features for children's play, and an extraordinarily charming tool shed.

Llandover Woods Greenspace

Several beautiful gravel-surfaced trails wind their way through dense northwest forest; it's often so quiet you can hear a leaf drop. One trail provides a narrow view of the Olympic range. Visitors to the park are bound to see hikers, joggers, and people walking dogs or taking in the fresh air.

Longfellow Creek Natural Area

This greenspace provides trails, bridges, and great views of natural areas and native plants.

Lynn Street Mini Park

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

A grassy park on the shores of Lake Washington with lifeguarded swimming beach, tennis courts, and playground.

Madrona Briar Patch

Madrona Briar Patch is a brushy walkway between Madrona Drive and Grand Avenue.

Madrona Playground

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.

Magnolia Greenbelt

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

Magnolia Park

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

Magnolia Tidelands Park

This park comprises the tidelands area below Magnolia Bluff.

Maple Leaf Reservoir Park

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.

Maple Wood Playfield

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

Marshall Park

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.

Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Park

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 Park

Matthews Beach is Seattle’s largest freshwater bathing beach.

McGilvra Boulevard

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

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.

Me-Kwa-Mooks Natural Area

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

Meridian Playground

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.

Miller Triangle

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.

Mineral Springs Park

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

Montlake Boulevard

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

Morgan Junction

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

Mount Baker Park

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.

Mt Baker Ridge Viewpoint

A very cool viewpoint, this park offers sweeping views of downtown, Puget Sound, and the Olympics to the west

Myrtle Reservoir

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.

Nathan Hale Playfield

Named for the adjacent high school, this sports field has a track and soccer options.

Nora's Woods

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

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

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.

Northwest 60th Viewpoint

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 Square

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.

Open Water Park

This park space is tidelands running from Elliott Bay Marina to Pier 91.

Othello Playground

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.

Park Home Circle

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.

Parsons Gardens

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

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.

Peppi's Playground

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.

Pier 62

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

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

Pioneer Square

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.)

Plum Tree Park

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

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

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

Pritchard Island Beach

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

Puget Creek Greenspace

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.

Puget Ridge Playground

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.

Queen Anne Bowl Playfield

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.

Rainier Beach Playfield

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

Rainier Place

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.

Ravenna Boulevard

Named for the adjacent park, this is a green roadway.

Ravenna Ravine

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.

Ravenna-Eckstein Park

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.

Riverview Playfield

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.

Roanoke Street Mini Park

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.

Ross Playground

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

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

Salmon Bay Park

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 Playground

Sandel Park's features include a children's play area, walkways, large open meadow, basketball hoops, and a wading pool.

Schmitz Preserve Park

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

Seola Park

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

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.

Smith Cove Park

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.

Soundview Playfield

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

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

South Park Plaza

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

Spruce Street Mini Park

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

Stan Sayres Memorial Park

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

Stevens Triangle

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.

Sturtevant Ravine

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

Summit Slope Park

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.

Sunnyside Ave N Boat Ramp

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.

Sunset Place

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.)

T.T. Minor Playground

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.

Taylor Creek Headwaters

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

Thayer Place

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

Thomas Street Mini Park

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

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.

Tilikum Place

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

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.

Twelfth Avenue South Viewpoint

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.

Union Bay Boglands

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

University Circle

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.

University Lake Shore Place

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.

Ursula Judkins Viewpoint

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

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 Playground

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

Viretta Park

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.

Volunteer Park

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

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.

Walt Hundley Playfield

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

Washington Park Playfield is located in the Washington Park Arboretum. It has fields for soccer, baseball, and softball and includes lighting and bleachers.

Waterfront Park

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.

Weather Watch Park

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.

Wedgwood Park

Small pocket park for future development in Northeast Seattle

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.

West Montlake Park

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.

West Seattle Stadium

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.

Westlake Greenbelt

The Westlake Greenbelt is one of the smaller greenbelts in the city, and includes the wooded slopes above Westlake Ave N.

Westlake Square

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.