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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 ...
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.
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)
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 ...
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 Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006 and Ibid (27 May 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 2.
Gideon Allen Weed (March 7, 1833 – April 22, 1905) born in New Jersey, Weed was a two-time mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1876 to 1878, first elected in 1875, and serving as an independent. Biography
The Chief Sealth Trail is a multi-use recreational trail in Seattle, Washington.. The 3.6-mile (6 km) trail, which opened on May 12, 2007, follows the Seattle City Light transmission right-of-way from S. Dawson Street and Beacon Avenue S. in Beacon Hill, near Jefferson Park, to S. Gazelle Street and 51st Avenue S. in Rainier Valley, near Kubota Gardens.