Location: Mercer Island
Address: 5500 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island
Acreage: approx. 40
This forested wonderland on Mercer Island kept the kids that accompanied me busy for hours. Island Crest Park/Deane’s Children Park are a fantastic duo of parks that offer kids opportunities to play and […]
Location: Shoreline
Address: 700 N.W. Innis Arden Way, Shoreline
Acreage: 88
Fantastic urban hiking is a short drive from Seattle or the Eastside to Shoreview and Boeing Creek Parks. These two Shoreline parks work as one with a network of hiking trails that allow for more than […]
Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 16th Ave S. and S. Lander St.
Acreage: approx. 0.7
Santos Rodriguez Memorial Park is the front yard for the Beacon Hill non-profit El Centro de La Raza. But this front yard is public space, and a lot of great […]
Location: Northwest Seattle/Ballard
Address: 3015 N.W. 54th St.
Acreage: 10+
Known more casually as the Ballard Locks, this is one of the coolest public spaces in Seattle. And, amazingly, many long-time residents have never visited the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks to discover how the level […]
