Favorite Accessible Parks

Flo Ware Park

Location: Central Seattle
Address: 28th Ave. S. and S. Jackson St.
Acreage: 0.5

A lot of community love went into turning Flo Ware Park into what it is today. Thanks to that great energy and some Pro Parks funds, this park was reopened in 2004 with lots […]

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Daejeon Park

February 23, 2010
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Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 1144 Sturgus Ave. S.
Acreage: 2.0

When the city recently took down the sign that called this park Taejon and replaced it with one titled Daejeon, people thought Seattle had made a huge sister-city snafu. For 14 years people had […]

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Beacon Hill Playground

February 23, 2010
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Location: South Seattle/Beacon Hill
Address: 1902 13th Ave. S.
Acreage: 3.0

Seattle’s parks are becoming more and more accessible to people with disabilities. Beacon Hill Playground is one of the best neighborhood parks for providing people of all abilities ways to use its features.

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Maple Wood Playfield

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 […]

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