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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)
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]
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 ...
The 1.8-mile greenway trail and linear park will connect downtown with neighborhoods to the north. The city is now designing the Durham Rail Trail. Here’s how you can weigh in.
The early roads were incorporated into the Yellowstone Trail in the 1910s and became a state highway in 1925. SR 202 was established in 1964 as part of a new state highway system, running from Woodinville to Monroe; SR 522 was designated to the Woodinville–North Bend highway, continuing west to Seattle. By 1970, the designations were reversed ...
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