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The 300 acres (120 ha) of Seward Park have roughly 120 acres (49 ha) of surviving old growth forest, providing a glimpse of what some of the lake shore looked like before the city of Seattle was founded. With trees older than 250 years and many less than 200, the Seward Park forest is relatively young (the forests of Seattle before the city was ...
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)
Alamy Seattle, Washington, a city with a booming, family-friendly population, is an urban playground that is a great spot for a family vacation. Kids can run free in the many public parks, some of ...
With trees older than 250 years, the Seward Park forest is relatively young (the forests of Seattle before the city were fully mature, up to 1,000–2,000 years old). [1] [2] The park's trees largely consists of softwoods, mostly Douglas firs, but with other species present as well, including Western hemlock, Pacific madrona and Alaskan cedar.
Denny-Blaine Park (One of the "improved parks" mentioned in the Seattle Park Board's annual report for 1909) The City of Seattle Parks and Recreation department lists a number of other parks, playgrounds, and playfields "influenced or recommended" by the Olmsteds, including the city's largest park: 534-acre (2.16 km 2) Discovery Park. [1]
The Seattle Board of Park Commissioners was established in 1887 to oversee the city's first park, then known simply as Seattle Park. [7] Originally the Seattle Cemetery, the site was donated in 1884 by Seattle pioneer David Denny. (The park is today named Denny Park in his honor.) In 1892 the position of Park Supervisor was created, with E.O ...
Seward Park: Seattle: King: Puget Sound: 300 acres, operated by the City, features the Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center: Rockport: Skagit: Puget Sound: located in 103-acre Howard Miller Steelhead Park, focus is the Skagit River ecosystem with an emphasis on the winter migration of bald ...
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