Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 4801 Corson Ave. S.
Acreage: 15.5
It’s a crisp, clear Monday morning, and Maple Wood Playfield is filled with enthusiastic exercisers. About a dozen people are walking or jogging around the circumference of this park, which sits next to Maple […]
Location: Central Seattle
Address: 352 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Acreage: 4.4
Turn the kids loose at Powell Barnett Park, and they’ll occupy themselves for hours on all the impressive playground equipment. I especially liked the giant red spider net, which allows older kids to climb […]
Location: South Seattle
Address: Rainier Ave. S. and Ithaca Pl. S.
Acreage: 2.4
I was walking along the Lake Washington waterfront following Rainier Ave. S. as it curves south, and I thought I spotted a Seattle Parks department sign. I went down a short, but very steep […]
Location: South Seattle
Address: 57th Ave. S. and S. Fletcher St.
Acreage: 0.06
Fletcher Place is a tiny plot of land close to Rainier Ave. S. The only thing distinguishing it from a grass median is the touching memorial dedicated to Rainier Beach residents who lost their […]
