Location: North Seattle
Address: 602 N. 87th St.
Acreage: 2.22
This immaculately maintained park is hidden from its nearby streets in the Greenwood neighborhood. Follow one of the perfect curving paths to the new play structures and sand box, where kids will want to stop and play […]
Location: North Seattle
Address: 9536 Ashworth Ave. N.
Acreage: 7.6
Before any development, Licton Springs Park in the Greenwood neighborhood was an area abundant with natural mineral springs. Native Americans living nearby treasured the springs and gave them the name “Licton.”
White settlers caught on and opened […]
Location: Queen Anne
Address: 5th Ave. N. and Blaine St.
Acreage: 0.87
The other of my two favorite new discoveries, Trolley Hill Park sits on the eastern edge of Queen Anne Hill and feels like a secret hideaway.
It doesn’t look like much from the busy […]
Location: Central Seattle
Address: E. Spring St. and 15th Ave.
Acreage: 0.3
Spring Street Mini Park is the setting for a movie in the making by some local junior high kids on the cloudy day I visited. I watched one of them playfully boss around the main […]
