Parks U to Z

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

Union Station Square is a 1600 square foot triangle at the intersection of Jackson, 3rd Ave S and 2nd Ave. It provides a resting spot for a busy bus stop and contains several polished stones designed for seating. The stones are engraved with artwork inspired by the railroad history of the area. Several ginkgo trees provide welcome shade on warm days.

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.

A multi-use community open space includes a performance area/plaza, rain gardens to improve stormwater quality, pedestrian pathways, lawn areas, basketball hoop, landscaped areas and other amenities. The design is sensitive to the view of the historic building's south façade.

This 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.

This park features two tennis courts, one baseball diamond and backstop, playground with slide, baby swings, a Rich Beyer sculpture of a sasquatch, adult exercise equipment and bathroom facilities.

This park will serve downtown businesses and residences, providing a seamless transition between the park and the adjacent development. The design includes an open lawn, new central play structure, seating edge, lighting, ADA access, places for vendors, landscaping, and other park elements.

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.

Van Asselt Playground is located on Beacon Hill. It is an active park with amenities in easy walking distance.

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.

This small neighborhood park is right behind a QFC store, with a creek and neighborhood on the other side, and features a short walking path with benches.

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

View Ridge playfield has something for everyone. Sports fans will enjoy the softball field, basketball courts, and grassy open spaces. Little ones will love playing on the extensive playground with swings, slides, and equipment for many ages. Join us in the summer time to cool off in the wading pool. Picnickers will appreciate the covered shelter with picnic tables and tables placed around the park under mature shade trees. Bathrooms, drinking fountains, and accessible paved paths are also on site.

A grassy lookout below steep slopes and brush, this park is suitable for a quick stop and a look at the lake while on your boulevard tour. Stairs lead up to 39th & John from the Boulevard.

Virgil Flaim Park is a spacious park located near the Lake City Community Center, Lake City Library, and commercial core. The park features paved paths, a large playground with equipment for all ages, basketball courts, drinking fountain and a new skateboard park. Picnickers will enjoy the shade trees, grills, and tables on site. There's also a large lawn area for running and open space play.

Located in the heart of Seattle, Volunteer Park is home to the Volunteer Park Conservatory and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The Landmarks Preservation Board designated Volunteer Park as a Seattle Landmark on November 2, 2011. This historic Olmsted Park is beloved by residents and visitors alike.

Also known as "Millionaires' Row", this parkway is a green entry way street to Volunteer Park.

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.

The Wallingford Steps, a wide concrete staircase, connect N 34th St. with N Northlake Way, the Burke-Gilman Trail, and Gas Works Park. The steps with railings, benches, plantings on either side of the Steps, and a circular mosaic on the lowest of three landings create a pleasant atmosphere in which to enjoy the southward view of downtown and Lake Union. Pond, the brightly colored glass and etched-metal mosaic, by artists Benson Shaw and Clark Weigman, features a fanciful marine motif and other shapes based on artwork by local school children.

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.

Ward Springs Park is a neighborhood park located at the corner of 4th Ave and Ward St. at the base of Queen Anne. Formerly belonging to Seattle Public Utilities, this property provided all the water to Queen Anne. An historic pump house on the site displays part of the mechanism that performed this feat. A curved path leads by a play area, open lawn and over a dry streambed. The park has a spectacular view of the Space Needle and downtown.

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

No boats land here any more. At this site just south of the Washington State Ferry Terminal, you'll find only a historic pergola built for the long-defunct Seattle Harbor Department in 1920, and views of Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains. Note particularly the truncated ships' prows decorating the pergola high in front. Out in the water, you can still see the upright posts delineating the pier that was originally attached to the site. Immediately adjacent, the Port of Seattle's small Alaska Square has been closed to public access because its concrete has collapsed in places.

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 park is new and still in the planning stages. Currently the park is restored to turf lawn. This site is a life estate transfer from George and DeLayne B. Watton.