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Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre (55.0 ha) park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. [2] It has a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.
The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is a replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) installed at Seattle's Alki Beach Park, in the U.S. state of Washington. It was installed in 1952 by the Boy Scouts of America and underwent a significant restoration in 2007 after repeated vandalism had damaged the sculpture.
Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is a 20.2-acre (82,000 m 2) public park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA. Me-Kwa-Mooks is an Anglicized version of the Lushootseed word for Alki Point, sbaqʷabqs (pronounced SBAH-kwahb-ks), meaning "prairie point." [1] Today's Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is land that was acquired by the Parks ...
Alki Beach on a rainy day. Alki Beach has been a venue for summer concerts every August since the early 20th century. [13] The local music scene draws tourists and locals alike. Live music can also be found at Kenyon Hall which features a Wurlitzer theater organ. The Historic Admiral Theater also presents live performances on occasion.
Fittingly named Alki Beach, it features a long strip of sandy beach full of driftwood, seashells, and fire pits. Low tides offer West Seattleites an opportunity to explore marine life in tidepools. Alki also hosts a flat bike and running trail from which visitors can view the Seattle skyline, Puget Sound, and the Olympic mountains.
There are county, state and federal marine protected areas off the coast of Washington. The state marine reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; [1] aquatic reserves are managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, [2] and marine state parks are managed by Washington State Parks. [3]
Duwamish Head (Lushootseed: sqʷədqs) [2] [a] is the northernmost point in West Seattle, Washington, jutting into Elliott Bay. A large boulder covered with petroglyphs once lay on the beach. [ 3 ] The Duwamish tribe was relocated to a reservation here in 1856, which at the time was referred to as Holderness Point. [ 4 ]
Schmitz Park, also known as Schmitz Preserve Park, is a 53.1-acre (21.5 ha) park around 15 blocks east of Alki Point in West Seattle, Washington. It features Schmitz Park Creek and one of the last stands of old-growth forest in the city. The Lushootseed name for the area that is now the park is dəxʷqutəb, meaning "place of disease." [1]