Lakeview Park (Seattle)
Lakeview Park is a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) park in the Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, designed as part of the Olmsted Brothers park system in Seattle.[1] It is located on both sides of Lake Washington Boulevard. as it winds down a hillside toward Lake Washington. The western half is a bowl-like park with grass and trees along 37th Ave E. and E. Harrison Street; the eastern half incorporates a lookout at the end of E. Harrison Street and undeveloped hillside between Hillside Drive E. and McGilvra Boulevard E.
| Lakeview Park | |
|---|---|
| Mud Park | |
 Lakeview Park from Lake Washington Boulevard E. | |
| Type | Urban Park |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°37′19″N 122°17′04″W |
| Area | 4.5 acres (18,000 m2) |
| Operated by | Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Another hairpin curve in the boulevard
The upper campus of The Bush School is located across E. Harrison Street and Hillside Drive E. from the park.
Lakeview Park is also known to many as Mud Park because in the rain it becomes somewhat of a mud pit.
References
- Morgan, Brandt (1979), Enjoying Seattle's parks, Seattle: Greenwood Publications, pp. 151–152, ISBN 0933576013
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