- Bellevue, Washington
- Hunts Point, Washington
- Kenmore, Washington
- Kirkland, Washington
- Lake Forest Park, Washington
- Medina, Washington
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Newcastle, Washington
- Renton, Washington
- Seattle
- Yarrow Point, Washington
cruise westbound on the canal
eastbound on Interstate 90
- Viretta Park (Seattle) (historylink.org)
Viretta Park is located in the Denny Blaine neighborhood in Seattle and has elicited more attention, both locally and internationally, than its tiny size should warrant. The 1.8-acre site is on a steep slope overlooking Lake Washington with access on the west on 39th Avenue E and on the east from Lake Washington Boulevard. Because of infringement on its borders by two prominent citizens, Howard Schultz and Kurt Cobain, litigation was started, which prompted new written policies regarding all of the city parks.
- The city [Lake Forest Park] is situated at the northwest end of Lake Washington along State Route 522, which provides connections to Seattle and Bothell.
- Mr. [Charles Carroll] Terry was the town proprietor of New York [Alki], which never grew beyond one house. The first settlers of Seattle located there. They soon moved over to Yesler’s saw mill, on Elliott Bay, and with that for a center, they radiated along the shore, into the woods and over the hills to Lake Washington, laying the foundation of the Queen City of the Sound. We crossed over to Seattle on the 25th before continuing on our way, and there we saw the saw mill and a few blockhouses for the mill hands. These were situated several blocks back from the wharf line of the city, as established after the great fire of 1889.
- Cedar Park, Seattle
- Denny-Blaine, Seattle
- Dunlap, Seattle
- Lake City, Seattle
- Laurelhurst, Seattle
- Leschi, Seattle
- Madison Park, Seattle
- Madrona, Seattle
- Matthews Beach, Seattle
- Mount Baker, Seattle
- Rainier Beach, Seattle
- Sand Point, Seattle
- Seward Park, Seattle
- Windermere, Seattle
- incomplete list
The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
Proverbs 18:7 NIV
Washington Trails Association
- Magnuson Park (wta.org)
The trails in Warren G. Magnuson Park are frequented and beloved by locals, but are often overlooked by those just passing through Seattle. The Frog Pond Trail is a series of paths that are part of a wetland reconstruction project that seeks to restore parts of the former military base. They feature ducks, ponds, well-maintained gravel, and a welcome stillness within what is normally a chaotic area. Three of these trails, described below, make up the possible outings at Magnuson Park.
- Saint Edward State Park (wta.org)
Hike through a diverse century-old second-growth forest with a dense canopy to the undeveloped shoreline of Lake Washington. This historic 316-acre state park, nestled in the midst of the Seattle metropolitan area, has playground facilities for children, picnic areas, trails for mountain bikers and fields for sports teams as well.
- Lake Washington (Wikipedia)
Lake Washington (Lushootseed: x̌ačuʔ) is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south, and Kenmore on the north, and encloses Mercer Island. The lake is fed by the Sammamish River at its north end and the Cedar River at its south.
