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The forested area is Discovery Park, with the brown area being the Fort Lawton Military Reserve. Discovery Park was created in the early 1970s from land surplus to the U.S. Army's Fort Lawton. The site for the 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) fort had been given to the Army by the city in 1898, and the fort opened in 1900. The Army offered to sell it back ...
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]
Dash Point State Park: Federal Way: King: Puget Sound: 398 acres, nature center opened in 2012 Discovery Park: Seattle: King: Puget Sound: 534 acres, operated by the City, features the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center Dungeness River Audubon Center: Sequim: Clallam: Olympic Peninsula: located in Railroad Bridge Park: Feiro Marine ...
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Several bike and pedestrian trails are maintained by the Seattle Department of Transportation or administered jointly by both departments. A number of waterfront parks are administered by the Port of Seattle, a municipal corporation. Seattle's oldest park is Denny Park and its largest is Discovery Park. This list has only the notable parks.
Columbia Plateau Trail - Spokane to Pasco; Spokane city segment known as Fish Lake Trail [5] Ferry County Rail Trail - Republic to Canada–US border at Danville Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail - formerly John Wayne Pioneer Trail, extends from the Idaho border to the western slopes of the Cascade Mountains
In November 1971, the parties agreed that the city would grant UIATF with a 99-year lease on 20 acres (81,000 m²) in what would become Seattle's Discovery Park, with options for renewal without renegotiation. [11] [15] [18] [19] In addition, the City granted $600,000 to the American Indian Women's Service League for a social services center. [11]
The South Seattle College Arboretum (formerly South Seattle Community College Arboretum, renamed with the college in March 2014) is a 6-acre (24,000 m 2) arboretum and botanical garden located at the north end of the South Seattle College campus in Seattle, Washington. It is open daily without charge. The Seattle Chinese Garden is adjacent.