List of parks in Seattle

Seattle contains one area administered by the National Park Service.

Name	Image	Established	Location	Size	Description
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park		1976	Pioneer Square		This is one of four units that make up the national historical park. The other three are in Skagway, Alaska.

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.

Name	Image	Established	Location	Size	Description
Alki Beach Park		1907	West Seattle	135.9 acres (55.0 ha)
Alvin Larkins Park		1975	Madrona
Beer Sheva Park		1905	Rainier Beach		Originally named Atlantic City Park, it was renamed after Beer Sheva, Israel in 1977.
Bryant Playground		1978	Bryant/View Ridge	3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
Burke–Gilman Trail		1978		27 miles (43 km)	Jointly maintained with Seattle Department of Transportation.
Cal Anderson Park		1901	Capitol Hill	7.37 acres (2.98 ha)
Carkeek Park			Broadview	216 acres (87 ha)
Cascade Playground			Cascade
Chief Sealth Trail		2007		3.6 miles (5.8 km)	Maintained by Seattle Department of Transportation.
City Hall Park		1916	Pioneer Square	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Colman Park		1907	Mount Baker	24.3 acres (9.8 ha)
Cowen Park		1906	Ravenna	8.4 acres (3.4 ha)	Contiguous with Ravenna Park.
Denny Park		1883	South Lake Union		Seattle's oldest park, it was completely flattened in the Denny Regrade in 1930.
Denny-Blaine Park			Denny-Blaine
Discovery Park		1973	Magnolia	534 acres (216 ha)
Dr. Jose Rizal Park		1979	Beacon Hill	9.6 acres (3.9 ha)
East Montlake Park			Montlake
Fairview Park			Eastlake	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Fauntleroy Park		1971	Fauntleroy	32.9 acres (13.3 ha)
Freeway Park		1976	Downtown/First Hill	5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Fremont Peak Park		2007	Fremont	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Frink Park		1906	Leschi	17.2 acres (7.0 ha)
Gas Works Park		1975	Wallingford	19.1 acres (7.7 ha)
Genesee Park			Rainier Valley	57.7 acres (23.4 ha)
Golden Gardens Park			Ballard, Seattle	87.8 acres (35.5 ha)
Green Lake Park		1903	Green Lake
Hamilton Viewpoint		1954	West Seattle	16.9 acres (6.8 ha)
Hing Hay Park		1973	Chinatown-International District	0.64 acres (0.26 ha)
I-5 Colonnade		2005	Capitol Hill/Eastlake	7.5 acres (3.0 ha)	This park is located under Interstate 5.
Interlaken Park			Capitol Hill/Montlake	51.7 acres (20.9 ha)
Jack Block Park		2001	West Seattle	15 acres (6.1 ha)	Maintained by the Port of Seattle.
Jackson Park		1928	Haller Lake/Northgate/Lake City	160.7 acres (65.0 ha)
Jefferson Park		1908	Beacon Hill	52.4 acres (21.2 ha)
Kerry Park		1927	Queen Anne	1.26 acres (0.51 ha)
Kinnear Park		1892-94	Queen Anne	14.1 acres (5.7 ha)
Kiwanis Ravine			Magnolia	8.7 acres (3.5 ha)
Kobe Terrace			Chinatown-International District	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Kubota Garden		1927	Rainier Beach	20 acres (8.1 ha)	It has been a public park since 1987.
Lake People Park		2005	Columbia City	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Lake Union Park		2010	South Lake Union	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Lakeview Park			Denny-Blaine	4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Leschi Park			Leschi	18.5 acres (7.5 ha)
Licton Springs		1960	Licton Springs	6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Lincoln Park			West Seattle	135 acres (55 ha)
Louisa Boren Park		1913	Capitol Hill	7.2 acres (2.9 ha)
Madison Park			Madison Park	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Madrona Park			Madrona	31.2 acres (12.6 ha)
Magnuson Park		1977	Sand Point	350 acres (140 ha)	Originally called Carkeek Park and occupied by the United States Navy from 1922-1975.
Matthews Beach Park		1951	Matthews Beach	22 acres (8.9 ha)
McCurdy Park			Montlake	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Me-Kwa-Mooks Park		1994	West Seattle	20.2 acres (8.2 ha)
Meridian Playground			Wallingford		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.
Montlake Playfield		1935	Montlake	27 acres (11 ha)
Myrtle Edwards Park			Belltown	4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
North Passage Point Park		1977	Northlake	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Northacres Park			Haller Lake	20.7 acres (8.4 ha)
Northeast 130th Street Beach			Cedar Park	0.084 acres (0.034 ha) land; 0.315 acres (0.127 ha) including water
Occidental Park		1971	Pioneer Square	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Oxbow Park			Georgetown
Peace Park		1990	University District
Ravenna Park			Ravenna	49.9 acres (20.2 ha)	Contiguous with Cowen Park.
Roanoke Park		1908	Capitol Hill/Portage Bay	2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Schmitz Park		1908	West Seattle	53.1 acres (21.5 ha)
Seattle Center		1962	Lower Queen Anne	74 acres (30 ha)	Administered by the Seattle Center Department, a city department.
Seattle Japanese Garden		1960	Madison Park	3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Seward Park		1911	Seward Park	300 acres (120 ha)
South Passage Point Park		1977	Eastlake	0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Terry Pettus Park			Eastlake	0.9 acres (0.36 ha)
Tilikum Place			Belltown
Victor Steinbrueck Park		1970	Downtown	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Viretta Park			Denny-Blaine	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Volunteer Park		1901	Capitol Hill	48.3 acres (19.5 ha)
Washington Park Arboretum		1934	Montlake/Madison Valley/Washington Park	230 acres (93 ha)	Jointly administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation, the University of Washington, and the Arboretum Foundation.
Waterfront Park			Central Waterfront
Westlake Park		1988	Downtown	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
West Montlake Park		1909	Montlake
Woodland Park		1902	Phinney Ridge/Green Lake	90.9 acres (36.8 ha)	Site of Woodland Park Zoo, and contiguous with Green Lake Park.

A number of parks are operated by educational institutions or other non-profit organizations.

Name	Image	Established	Location	Size	Description
Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens			Ballard		Part of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Olympic Sculpture Park		2007	Belltown	9 acres (3.6 ha)	Operated by the Seattle Art Museum.
South Seattle College Arboretum			West Seattle
Union Bay Natural Area		1972	University District	50 acres (20 ha)	Administered by University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
Woodland Park Zoo			Phinney Ridge		Operated by a non-profit organization.

Private individuals and organizations maintain a number of parks which are open for use by the public.

Name	Image	Established	Location	Size	Description
Streissguth Gardens		1962	Capitol Hill
Waterfall Garden Park		1978	Pioneer Square

Parks administered by Seattle Parks and Recreation.

• Bridge Gear Park[2]
• Centennial Park (formerly Elliott Bay Park)[3]
• Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat[4]
• Seattle Fishermen's Memorial.[5]
• həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 107 Park)[6]
• Jack Block Park (formerly Terminal 5 Park)[7]
• Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Turning Basin #3)[8]
• sbəq̓ʷaʔ Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 108/Diagonal Park)[9]
• t̓ałt̓ałucid Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly 8th Ave. South Park)[10]
• Terminal 115 Public Access[11]
• Terminal 18 Park[12]
• Terminal 91 Bike Trail (part of the Elliott Bay Trail)[13]
• t̓uʔəlaltxʷ Village Park and Shoreline Habitat (formerly Terminal 105 Park)[14]

• List of Olmsted parks in Seattle
• Shoreline street ends in Seattle

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Parks in Seattle.

• Park List, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation.