The city of Seattle, Washington, is home to hundreds of parks of various classifications.
National parks
Seattle contains one area administered by the National Park Service.
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|Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
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|1976
|Pioneer Square
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|This is one of four units that make up the national historical park. The other three are in Skagway, Alaska.
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City parks
Seattle's city parks are administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, a city department. Several bike and pedestrian trails are maintained by the Seattle Department of Transportation or administered jointly by both departments. A number of waterfront parks are administered by the Port of Seattle, a municipal corporation.
Seattle's oldest park is Denny Park and its largest is Discovery Park. This list has only the notable parks.
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|Alki Beach Park
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|1907
|West Seattle
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|Alvin Larkins Park
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|1975
|Madrona
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|Beer Sheva Park
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|1905
|Rainier Beach
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|Originally named Atlantic City Park, it was renamed after Beer Sheva, Israel in 1977.
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|Bryant Playground
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|1978
|Bryant/View Ridge
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|Burke–Gilman Trail
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|1978
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|Jointly maintained with Seattle Department of Transportation.
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|Cal Anderson Park
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|1901
|Capitol Hill
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|Carkeek Park
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|Broadview
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|Cascade Playground
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|Cascade
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|Chief Sealth Trail
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|2007
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|Maintained by Seattle Department of Transportation.
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|City Hall Park
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|1916
|Pioneer Square
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|Colman Park
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|1907
|Mount Baker
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|Cowen Park
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|1906
|Ravenna
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|Contiguous with Ravenna Park.
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|Denny Park
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|1883
|South Lake Union
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|Seattle's oldest park, it was completely flattened in the Denny Regrade in 1930.
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|Denny-Blaine Park
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|Denny-Blaine
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|Discovery Park
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|1973
|Magnolia
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|Dr. Jose Rizal Park
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|1979
|Beacon Hill
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|East Montlake Park
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|Montlake
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|Fairview Park
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|Eastlake
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|Fauntleroy Park
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|1971
|Fauntleroy
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|Freeway Park
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|1976
|Downtown/First Hill
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|Fremont Peak Park
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|2007
|Fremont
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|Frink Park
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|1906
|Leschi
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|Gas Works Park
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|1975
|Wallingford
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|Genesee Park
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|Rainier Valley
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|Golden Gardens Park
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|Ballard, Seattle
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|Green Lake Park
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|1903
|Green Lake
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|Hamilton Viewpoint
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|1954
|West Seattle
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|Hing Hay Park
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|1973
|Chinatown-International District
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|Hoa Mai Park
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|2024
|Little Saigon, Chinatown–International District
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|Pocket park
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|I-5 Colonnade
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|2005
|Capitol Hill/Eastlake
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|This park is located under Interstate 5.
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|Interlaken Park
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|Capitol Hill/Montlake
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|Jack Block Park
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|2001
|West Seattle
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|Maintained by the Port of Seattle.
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|Jackson Park
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|1928
|Haller Lake/Northgate/Lake City
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|Jefferson Park
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|1908
|Beacon Hill
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|Kerry Park
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|1927
|Queen Anne
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|Kinnear Park
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|1892-94
|Queen Anne
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|Kiwanis Ravine
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|Magnolia
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|Kobe Terrace
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|Chinatown-International District
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|Kubota Garden
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|1927
|Rainier Beach
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|It has been a public park since 1987.
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|Lake City Beach Park
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|Cedar Park
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|Lake People Park
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|2005
|Columbia City
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|Lake Union Park
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|2010
|South Lake Union
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|Lakeview Park
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|Denny-Blaine
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|Leschi Park
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|Leschi
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|Licton Springs
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|Licton Springs
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|Lincoln Park
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|West Seattle
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|Louisa Boren Park
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|1913
|Capitol Hill
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|Madison Park
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|Madison Park
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|Madrona Park
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|Madrona
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|Magnuson Park
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|1977
|Sand Point
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|Originally called Carkeek Park and occupied by the United States Navy from 1922-1975.
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|Matthews Beach Park
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|1951
|Matthews Beach
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|McCurdy Park (former)
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|Montlake
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|Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
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|1994
|West Seattle
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|Meridian Playground
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|Wallingford
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|The site features a building called the Good Shepherd Center, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Home of the Good Shepherd.
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|Montlake Playfield
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|1935
|Montlake
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|Myrtle Edwards Park
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|Belltown
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|North Passage Point Park
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|1977
|Northlake
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|Northacres Park
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|Haller Lake
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|Occidental Park
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|1971
|Pioneer Square
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|Oxbow Park
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|Georgetown
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|Peace Park
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|1990
|University District
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|Ravenna Park
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|Ravenna
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|Contiguous with Cowen Park.
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|Roanoke Park
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|1908
|Capitol Hill/Portage Bay
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|Schmitz Park
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|1908
|West Seattle
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|Seattle Center
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|1962
|Lower Queen Anne
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|Administered by the Seattle Center Department, a city department.
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|Seattle Japanese Garden
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|1960
|Madison Park
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|Seward Park
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|1911
|Seward Park
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|South Passage Point Park
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|1977
|Eastlake
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|Terry Pettus Park
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|Eastlake
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|Tilikum Place
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|Belltown
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|Victor Steinbrueck Park
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|1970
|Downtown
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|Viretta Park
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|Denny-Blaine
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|Volunteer Park
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|1901
|Capitol Hill
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|Washington Park Arboretum
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|1934
|Montlake/Madison Valley/Washington Park
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|Jointly administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, the University of Washington, and the Arboretum Foundation.
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|Waterfront Park
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|Central Waterfront
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|Westlake Park
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|1988
|Downtown
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|West Montlake Park
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|1909
|Montlake
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|Woodland Park
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|1902
|Phinney Ridge/Green Lake
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|Site of Woodland Park Zoo, and contiguous with Green Lake Park.
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Other non-profit parks
A number of parks are operated by educational institutions or other non-profit organizations.
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|Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens
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|Ballard
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|Part of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
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|Olympic Sculpture Park
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|2007
|Belltown
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|Operated by the Seattle Art Museum.
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|South Seattle College Arboretum
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|West Seattle
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|Union Bay Natural Area
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|1972
|University District
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|Administered by University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
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|Woodland Park Zoo
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|Phinney Ridge
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|Operated by a non-profit organization.
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Private parks
Private individuals and organizations maintain a number of parks which are open for use by the public.
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|Streissguth Gardens
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|1962
|Capitol Hill
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|Waterfall Garden Park
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|1978
|Pioneer Square
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Other
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|O.O. Denny Park
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|1922
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|Owned by Seattle since its inception, but currently managed by the city of Kirkland.
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All Seattle parks
Parks administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation.
- 12th Ave. Square Park
- 12th West & West Howe Park
- 14th Avenue NW Boat Ramp
- 3001 E Madison Park
- 32nd Ave W Boat Launch
- 6th Avenue NW Pocket Park
- A. B. Ernst Park
- Adams Street Boat Ramp
- Albert Davis Park
- Alice Ball Park
- Alki Beach Park
- Alki Playground
- Alvin Larkins Park
- Amy Yee Tennis Center Park
- Andover Place
- Arroyos Natural Area
- Atlantic City Boat Ramp
- Atlantic Street Park
- B.F. Day Playground
- Bagley Viewpoint
- Baker Park on Crown Hill
- Ballard Commons Park
- Ballard Corners Park
- Ballard Playground
- Bar-S Playground
- Bayview Playground
- Bayview-Kinnear (Lower Kerry Park)
- Beacon Hill Playfield
- Beacon Place
- Beer Sheva Park
- Bell Street Park
- Bellevue Place
- Belltown Cottage Park
- Belmont Place
- Belvedere Park
- Belvoir Place
- Benefit Playground
- Benvenuto Viewpoint
- Bergen Place
- Bhy Kracke Park
- Bitter Lake Playfield
- Bitter Lake Reservoir Open Space
- Blaine Place
- Blue Dog Pond
- Blue Ridge Circle
- Blue Ridge Places
- Boren Park
- Boren Place
- Boylston Place
- Bradner Gardens Park
- Brighton Playfield
- Broadway Hill Park
- Bryant Neighborhood Playground
- Burke-Gilman Playground Park
- Burke-Gilman Trail
- Cal Anderson Park
- California Place
- Camp Long
- Carkeek Park
- Carleton Center
- Carleton Highlands
- Cascade Place
- Cascade Playground
- Cayton Corner Park
- Cedar Park
- Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint
- Cheasty Boulevard
- Cheasty Natural Area
- Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop
- Chinook Beach Park
- Christie Park
- City Hall Park
- Cleveland Playfield
- Coe Play Park
- College Street Park
- College Street Ravine
- Colman Park
- Colman Playground
- Columbia Park
- Commodore Park
- Corliss Place
- Cormorant Cove
- Cottage Grove Park
- Counterbalance Park
- Cowen Park
- Crescent Place
- Crown Hill Glen
- Crown Hill Park
- Daejeon Park
- Dahl Playfield
- Dakota Place Park
- David Rodgers Park
- Day Street Boat Ramp
- Dearborn Park
- Delridge and Myrtle Park
- Delridge Playfield
- Denny Blaine Lake Park
- Denny Park
- Denny Blaine Park
- Discovery Park
- Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park
- Dr. Jose Rizal Park
- Don Armeni Boat Ramp
- Donnie Chin International Childrens Park
- Duwamish Waterway Park
- E.C. Hughes Playground
- East Duwamish Greenbelt
- East Montlake Park
- East Portal Viewpoint
- East Queen Anne Playground
- Eastmont Place
- Eddie Vine Boat Ramp
- Ella Bailey Park
- Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook
- Endolyne Park
- Ercolini Park
- Fairmount Playground
- Fairview Park
- Fairview Walkway
- Fauntleroy Creek Ravine
- Fauntleroy Park
- Fauntleroy Place
- Ferdinand Street Boat Launch
- Firehouse Mini Park
- First Hill Park
- Fletcher Place
- Flo Ware Park
- Freeway Park
- Fremont Canal Park
- Fremont Peak Park
- Frink Park
- Fritz Hedges Waterway Park
- Froula Playground
- Garfield Playfield
- Gas Works Park
- Gemenskap Park
- Genesee Park and Playfield
- Georgetown Playfield
- Georgetown Pump Station
- Gerber Park
- Gilman Playground
- Golden Gardens Park
- Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
- Green Lake Park
- Greenwood Park
- Greenwood Triangle
- Greg Davis Park
- Haller Lake Street End
- Hamilton Viewpoint Park
- Harrison Ridge Greenbelt
- Harvard-Miller/Roanoke Annex
- Herring's House Park
- Hiawatha Playfield
- Highland Drive Parkway
- Highland Park Playground
- Highland Place
- Hing Hay Park
- Hitt's Hill Park
- Homer Harris Park
- Horiuchi Park
- Horton Hill Corridor
- Howell Park
- Hubbard Homestead
- Hunter Boulevard
- Hutchinson Playground
- Hyde Place
- I-5 Colonnade
- Interbay Athletic Complex
- Interlaken Park
- Inverness Ravine Park
- Japanese Garden
- Jefferson Park
- Jimi Hendrix Park
- John C. Little, Sr. Park
- Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook
- Judkins Park and Playfield
- Julia Lee’s Park
- Junction Plaza
- Katie Black's Garden
- Kerry Park
- Keystone Place
- Kilbourne Park
- Kinnear Park
- Kinnear Place
- Kirke Park
- Kiwanis Memorial Preserve Park
- Kobe Terrace
- Kubota Garden
- Lake City Memorial Triangle
- Lake City Mini Park
- Lake People Park
- Lake Union Park
- Lake Washington Boulevard
- Lakeridge Park
- Lakeridge Playfield
- Lakeview Park
- Lakeview Place
- Lakewood Playground
- Lakewood Triangle
- Lambert Place
- Landing Parkway
- Lawton Park
- Laurelhurst Playfield
- Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area
- Leschi Park
- Licton Springs Park
- Lewis Park
- Lincoln Park
- Linden Orchard Park
- Little Brook Park
- Llandover Woods Greenspace
- Lowman Beach Park
- Longfellow Creek Natural Area
- Loyal Heights Playfield
- Lynn Street Mini Park
- MacLean Park
- Madison Park
- Madison Park North Beach
- Madrona Briar Patch
- Madrona Park
- Madrona Playground
- Madrona Ravine
- Magnolia Boulevard
- Magnolia Greenbelt
- Magnolia Manor Park
- Magnolia Park
- Magnolia Playfield
- Magnolia Tidelands Park
- Magnuson Park
- Maple Leaf Reservoir Park
- Maple School Ravine
- Maple Wood Playfield
- Marra-Desimone Park
- Marshall Park
- Martha Washington Park
- Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Memorial Park
- Marvin's Garden
- Matthews Beach Park
- Mayfair Park
- McGilvra Boulevard
- McGilvra Place
- McGraw Square
- Meadowbrook Playfield
- Me-Kwa-Mooks Natural Area
- Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
- Meridian Playground
- Miller Playfield
- Miller Triangle
- Mineral Springs Park
- Mock Creek Ravine
- Montlake Boulevard
- Montlake Playfield
- Morgan Junction
- Mount Baker Boulevard
- Mount Baker Park
- Mount Claire Park
- Mt Baker Ridge Viewpoint
- Myrtle Edwards Park
- Myrtle Reservoir
- Nantes Park
- Nathan Hale Playfield
- NE 60th Street Park
- NE 130th Street End
- Nora's Woods
- North Beach Park
- North Passage Point
- Northacres Park
- Northeast Queen Anne Greenbelt
- Northgate Park
- Northlake Park
- Northwest 60th Viewpoint
- Observatory Courts
- Occidental Square
- Olympic Sculpture Park
- Open Water Park
- Orchard Street Ravine
- Othello Playground
- Oxbow Park
- Park Home Circle
- Parkmont Place
- Parsons Gardens Park
- Peace Park
- Pelly Place Natural Area
- Peppi's Playground
- Piers 62 and 63
- Pigeon Point Park
- Pinehurst Playground
- Pinehurst Pocket Park
- Pioneer Square
- Pipers Creek Natural Area
- Plum Tree Park
- Plymouth Pillars Park
- Powell Barnett Park
- Pratt Park
- Prefontaine Place
- Prentis I. Frazier Park
- Pritchard Island Beach
- Puget Boulevard Commons
- Puget Creek Greenspace
- Puget Park
- Puget Ridge Playground
- Queen Anne Boulevard
- Queen Anne Bowl Playfield
- Rainbow Point
- Rainier Beach Playfield
- Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
- Rainier Place
- Rainier Playfield
- Ravenna Boulevard
- Ravenna Park
- Ravenna Ravine
- Ravenna Woods
- Ravenna-Eckstein Park
- Regrade Park
- Riverview Playfield
- Roanoke Park
- Roanoke Street Mini Park
- Rogers Playground
- Ross Playground
- Rotary Viewpoint
- Roxhill Park
- Sacajawea Playground
- Salmon Bay Park
- Sam Smith Park
- Sandel Playground
- Schmitz Boulevard
- Schmitz Preserve Park
- Seacrest Park
- Seola Park
- Seven Hills Park
- Seward Park
- Sierra Place
- Smith Cove Park
- Solstice Park
- Soundview Playfield
- Soundview Terrace
- South Park Meadow
- South Park Playground
- South Passage Point
- Spring Street Mini Park
- Spruce Street Mini Park
- St. Marks Greenbelt
- Stan Sayres Memorial Park
- Stevens Place
- Stevens Triangle
- Sturgus Park
- Sturtevant Ravine
- Summit Place
- Summit Slope Park
- Sunnyside Ave N Boat Ramp
- Sunset Hill Park
- Sunset Place
- SW Queen Anne Greenbelt
- T.T. Minor Playground
- Tashkent Park
- Taylor Creek Headwaters
- Terry Pettus Park
- Thayer Place
- Thomas C. Wales Park
- Thomas Street Mini Park
- Thorndyke Park
- Thornton Creek Natural Area
- Thyme Patch Park
- Tilikum Place
- Troll’s Knoll Park
- Trolley Hill Park
- Trudy's Triangle
- Twelfth Avenue South Viewpoint
- Union Bay Boglands
- Union Station Square
- University Circle
- University Heights Plaza
- University Lake Shore Place
- University Playground
- Urban Triangle Park
- Ursula Judkins Viewpoint
- Van Asselt Playground
- Victor Steinbrueck Park
- Victory Creek Park
- Victory Heights Playground
- View Ridge Playfield
- Viretta Park
- Virgil Flaim Park
- Volunteer Park
- Volunteer Parkway
- Wallingford Playfield
- Wallingford Steps
- Walt Hundley Playfield
- Ward Springs Park
- Washington Park Arboretum
- Washington Park Playfield
- Washington Street Boat Landing
- Waterfront Park
- Waterway 19
- Watton Site
- Webster Park
- Wedgwood Square
- West Duwamish Greenbelt
- West Ewing Mini Park
- West Montlake Park
- West Queen Anne Playfield
- West Seattle Stadium
- Westcrest Park
- Westlake Greenbelt
- Westlake Park
- Westlake Square
- William Grose Park
- Williams Place
- Wolf Creek Ravine Natural Area
- Woodland Park
- Woodland Park Rose Garden
- Yesler Terrace Park
- York Park
- York Playground
All Port of Seattle parks
- Bridge Gear Park
- Centennial Park (formerly Elliott Bay Park)
- Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat
- Seattle Fishermen's Memorial.
- həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 107 Park)
- Jack Block Park (formerly Terminal 5 Park)
- Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Turning Basin #3)
- sbəq̓ʷaʔ Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 108/Diagonal Park)
- t̓ałt̓ałucid Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly 8th Ave. South Park)
- Terminal 115 Public Access
- Terminal 18 Park
- Terminal 91 Bike Trail (part of the Elliott Bay Trail)
- t̓uʔəlaltxʷ Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 105 Park)
See also
- List of Olmsted parks in Seattle
- Shoreline street ends in Seattle
- The Beach at Expedia Group
References
External links
- , City of Seattle Parks and Recreation.
