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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Carkeek Park - City of Seattle

On our September 2022 drive south from the North Cascades to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, we stopped at Carkeek Park in Seattle for a picnic lunch. The park moved to its current location on Puget Sound in 1928 from another site in Seattle. The park was named for Morgan J. Carkeek. The park has many amenities including walking trails, a playground, picnic tables with grills, restrooms, and water fountains.

After lunch, we crossed over the BNSF Railway on a pedestrian bridge that was built in 1955 to the Carkeek Park Beach. From the beach, we could see the Kitsap Penninsula and the Olympic Mountains.

Keyboard crosswalk

Pedestrian bridge over BNSF Railway

View north from the bridge

View southwest from the bridge

The Olympic Mountains tower over the Kitsap Penninsula

View north from the beach

View southwest from the beach

Small waves lapping at the shore

A bit of snow remains on the Olympic Mountains

Sailboat in the channel

The Highlands, Shoreline, Washington

Southbound BNSF train from the pedestrian bridge

A final view from the picnic tables

There is no entry fee at Carkeek Park.

The park webpage is https://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/carkeek-park.

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