Favorite Waterfront Parks

Madison Park

August 26, 2009
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Location: Central Seattle/Madison Park
Address: E. Madison St. and E. Howe St.
Acreage: 8.3

I’ve been trying to visit as many of Seattle’s waterfront parks as I can while the weather is still warm. I love taking a quick dip in Lake Washington on […]

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Green Lake Park

Location: North Seattle
Address: 7201 E. Green Lake Drive N.
Acreage: 323.7

I don’t know if this is actually true, but Green Lake Park seems like it must be the most frequently used park in Seattle. It doesn’t seem to matter what the weather is […]

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Alki Beach Park

Location: West Seattle
Address: 1702 Alki Ave. S.W.
Acreage: 135.9

Alki Beach Park is the place to take your California-transplanted friends when they’re whining about being homesick. One glance at the long stretch of sand and boardwalk-style running and biking path, and they […]

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Seward Park

August 4, 2009
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Location: South Seattle
Address: 5898 Lake Washington Blvd. S.
Acreage: 299.1

On an airplane descending into Seattle in clear weather, you can hear people ask, “What’s that green space jutting out into the lake?” The response, of course, is one of Seattle’s best gems: Seward […]

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