Favorite Secret Parks

Rainbow Point

May 11, 2011
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Location: North Seattle
Address: N.E. 75th St. and Banner Way N.E.
Acreage: 0.79

I find this park nearly impossible to get to by car. It’s on a small street just off the very busy Banner Way N.E. near Green Lake that’s clogged […]

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Bellevue Place

April 22, 2011
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Location: Central Seattle
Address: Bellevue Pl. E. and Bellevue Ave. E.
Acreage: 1.4

Bellevue Place is one of my new favorite finds. This completely hidden park takes some sleuthing to locate. I drove in circles around this part of Capitol Hill until I finally turned down a […]

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Belvoir Place

January 20, 2011
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Location: Northeast Seattle
Address: 3659 42nd Ave. N.E.
Acreage: 0.4

I’ve always been interested in that little bit of land that sticks out into Lake Washington, best seen from the 520 Bridge right before you reach the University.

I expected to see amazing waterfront homes […]

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Herring’s House Park & Terminal 107 Path

April 8, 2010
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Location: West Seattle
Address: W. Marginal Way S.W. and S.W. Alaska
Acreage: 5.6

I just love a park that’s called Herring’s House. I guess it calls to my Scandinavian heritage.

It also speaks to the heritage of the Duwamish people who once lived […]

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