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.
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| Keyboard crosswalk |
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| Pedestrian bridge over BNSF Railway |
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| View north from the bridge |
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| View southwest from the bridge |
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| The Olympic Mountains tower over the Kitsap Penninsula |
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| View north from the beach |
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| View southwest from the beach |
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| Small waves lapping at the shore |
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| A bit of snow remains on the Olympic Mountains |
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| Sailboat in the channel |
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| The Highlands, Shoreline, Washington |
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| Southbound BNSF train from the pedestrian bridge |
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| 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.
Such a great park;)
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