Carkeek Park
This popular NW Seattle park features views and a beach on Puget Sound. Plus some great trails and an opportunity to view spawning salmon in the fall. An overpass leads over the Burlington Northern train tracks to the beach.
Location: Seattle. 950 NW Carkeek Park Road Hours: 6:00am-11:00am. Parking: There are several sizeable parking lots. Phone: (206) 684-0877 Restrooms: Yes. Facilities: Environmental education center, trails, children's play areas, picnic shelter and tables beach access, Piper's Creek Salmon spawning viewing in the fall
Remarks: Volunteers are an important part of the programming at Carkeek Park. They educate the public and assist the staff with education and many parks projects. Volunteers and neighbors worked for years to bring salmon back into Pipers Creek in Carkeek Park. The "original" Carkeek Park was on Pontiac Bay on Lake Washington from 1918 to 1926. It was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J Carkeek. That park eventually became a naval air station. Carkeek offered to donate 25000 dollars toward the purchase of another park. The new park was dedicated on Aug. 24, 1929.
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