For kids: Atlantic Street Park in South Seattle is a cute neighborhood park with a bright orange…read moreplay structure with slides and tunnels geared toward kids ages 5 and up. Younger siblings can explore the interactive gears and dials near the bottom or take a turn on the baby swings. For adults: One of the first to have fitness equipment installed, this park has some of the best variety of adult exercise equipment with five stations set close around the playground that include a mix of stretching, strengthening and cardio. Several of the apparatuses allow you to adjust the resistance, and the exercise bike and arm pedal machine are particularly good. Hidden away thin long park. Easily missed if you are not from the neighborhood. Great little park, and it's very well maintained. Free street parking available.

What a beautiful park! The winding pathways are great for a little stroll (and through nature!) as…read morewell as bicycle practice. The turf playground offers various structures for climbing in various natural elements - wood, concrete, metal - giving it a beauty amid the functionality. Children from the neighborhood gathered, laughed, played and enjoyed time together. Parking easily found and ample in the lot.

I really enjoyed myself at this park/trail. My favorite part was the hidden offleash dog park. Make…read moresure you know your dog because this place is kind of maze ish. Worth the adventure. I was able to take a few photos of the plants and scenery along the way. My dog also enjoyed his visit. Parking is relatively easy here. I didn't need my discover pass. But I brought it anyways. The first part of the park is tour standard neighborhood park. Very small at first glance i almost wanted to turn around and leave. There is a covered area, a jungle gym like structure, and Picnic areas for family bbqs. So glad they also had a public restroom as we needed to use It on the way out. If you venture deeper into the woods and follow the trails you will begin a maze like adventure full of winding trails. There are streams and bridges and views of the valleys. So nice. Multiple entrances/exits and paths to choose from. Very easy to get lost or turned around. Thankfully that have maps. We forsure got mixed up and had to rely on the maps. We had fun. It was worth the drive. Be sure to check out the photos for a visual experience.

This park is good for a quick week night play with young kids. There is a small playground that is…read morefully fenced in. Across the street is Animal Acres Park, which has a big grass field to run around.

This is my favorite Seattle neighborhood park. It's a pleasant and quiet park in between Meridian…read moreand Wallingford nestled in a residential neighborhood behind the Meridian School, next to the Demonstration Garden. There's a big lawn perfect for frisbee and picnics, a playground with swings and play structures, and a path underneath a cool rock archway, all circumscribed by a path shaded by big trees. A peaceful retreat with ample shade and open space.

This is a good playground, a bit of a hike, like a 2 mile walk from the University Ave (University…read moreof Washington campus area) area. It is behind, in the back of the property, and has lots of playground equipment, but it's a bit secluded and harder to access by walking to it. It's not better than other family friendly park & rec's in California, but maybe for Seattle it's considered above average. It's the best I've experienced in Seattle, which isn't saying much 'tho. I'd still recommend this for toddlers 'tho.

I remember first visiting this park when I was a kid and years later, this park has definitely…read morechanged for the better. Parking on a hot sunny weekday afternoon was doable. There was a couple spots open, but limited. It wasnt until after 3 pm that the park started to get busier and the park began to pile in. People started looking to park outside of the lots for a spot. Most people tend to park at the bottom lots due to convenience. There is plenty of room at the lot up the hill and nobody was really up here as it was mostly entrances to walking trail and picnic tables. Overall, still a beautiful park!

Loved this park. I was looking for a relaxing, quiet spot and found this scenic area…read more You can kayak, swim, paddleboard, relax, walk, etc here. It's a great park. I highly recommend stopping here and checking it out.

We stayed at an Airbnb a few blocks from this playground, and this became one of the kiddies'…read morefavorite activities. The playground is probably appropriate for 2-10 year olds. There are a few swings, 3 climbing structures with slides, and a few spinning things. It gets busy around 3 p.m. on weekdays. The bathrooms are pretty decent, and there are a couple of pickleball courts right next to the playground. Around the perimeter of the playground is a woodsy area with wild blackberries. Folks bring bags to pick blackberries as their children play. Overall, a fun playground that will keep your kids entertained for hours.

A visit to Seattle's new Lakeridge Playground. Some kids…read moremight call this time of year "spring," but mine know it as "empty playground season." We took advantage of a recent rain break to visit Rainier Beach's newly opened Lakeridge Playground. We had the place to ourselves all morning! Fairy tale fans: Do you remember how Goldilocks tries large, medium and small chairs before finding the perfect fit? That's how my kids reacted to the new play space. The tallest structure features a net climber with rings, a net arch and a big slide. The smallest structure, geared towards the 2-5-year-old age group, has a climbing wall and drums that entertained them for a little while, but overall was too easy.  The middle structure? The kids completed circuit after circuit of bounding across the jungle gym and then giving the rainbow sensory panel a spin before scaling the tower to wave at me from the top. There are double slides for downhill races, and a roller slide that makes your voice warble on the way down.  This new neighborhood play area is a great destination. Just remind me how much we love "empty playground season". My kids (8 years and 5 years) absolutely loved this playground.

Awesome play area with swings, a huge climbing course, and exercise equipment. Their is even a…read morebathroom! (Which was open when we came in March) We parked in the community center parking lot. There is also street parking along the side streets. We didn't check out any of the other features of the park just the play ground. So I can't comment on what else is here.

The Rainier Beach Playfield has received a much needed face lift. From climbing to swinging to…read morejumping, all will be enthusiastically enjoyed at this renovated play area complete with new play equipment and climbing structures and one of Seattle Parks' longest zip lines! Surrounded by two large baseball fields and new and improved tennis courts, the Rainier Beach Playfield is adjacent to the community center and now more modern than ever. Your little monkey will love the giant spider-web of climbing ropes, and the new fitness equipment makes working out the wiggles even more fun. Kids (and parents!) will also enjoy scooting back and forth on a skateboard attached to rails, working their legs on an elliptical-type contraption, and scampering up and over the mini-climbing wall. When your kiddo is ready to take a break from all that climbing and jumping, this newly renovated play space is home to two large yellow swinging chairs with chest harnesses--perfect for ages 5-12. Unfortunately toddlers are too small to fit comfortably in these bigger swings, but other swings with updated padded seats are also featured--great for big kids and grown ups alike! Toddlers and waddlers will find the manicured green space in the center of the play area an excellent place to explore. And when your family gets tired of the play structures, there is plenty of shaded green space to relax, kick a ball around or play tag. Nice park, love all the new equipment.

This park is located in the Northgate area across the street from the Target. It's not a big park…read morebut there is a skate park, a couple benches, and a grassy area. On the other end of the park there is a basketball hoop as well as a workout structure which is unique for Seattle. There's no dedicated parking lot for this park but there is street parking in the neighborhood. The busiest part of this park is the skate park because there's not much else here. The fences make it look like there's stuff still being worked on but also looks deserted. It's a quiet park and is a nice place for a stroll.

Lovely park here. I enjoy walked around and while its not very big, it's nice to see the view and…read moreread a book. Given it's raining all the time, you won't really get a chance to experience the park to it's fullest. It's super close to target and during the summer months, this is a nice to go to after shopping!