Lincoln Park
This fantastic park offers plenty of beach, and old growth forest with trails, ballfields and a Seattle's only saltwater swimming pool, plus a kiddy's wading pool.
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Location: Seattle: 8011 Fauntleroy SW
Directions:
I-5 North/South Bound: Take the West Seattle exit. Stay to the left if you are heading North on I-5; stay to the right if you are heading South on I-5. Follow the signs to Fauntleroy Way SW. Stay on Fauntleroy Way SW until you come to the Park on the right hand side of the street. You can also follow the signs for Vashon Ferry - the ferry terminal is south of the Park (you will come to the Park before you get to the ferry terminal.)
Hours: 4:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Parking: There is a large lot at the entrance.
Phone: (206) 684-4081
Facilities:
Beach access to Puget Sound with a paved walking path along the water. 5 picnic shelters and many tables available. (Call 206-684-4081 to reserve). Two children's play areas plus a wading pool for kids. Colman Pool, a heated outdoor, salt water pool is operated during summer months only. Call 684-7494 for more information. 3 unlighted ballfields. 2 unlighted tennis courts; additional 6 lighted courts at Lincoln Park Annex located across the street. Horseshoe pits and trails throughout the park
Remarks:Lincoln Park was called Fauntleroy Park until 1922, when the city bought it. The popularity of the name Fauntleroy in this area springs from the passions of Lieutenant George Davidson, who was taking soundings off the bluff in 1857. Davidson had temporarily left his fiancée', Ellinor Fauntleroy, back in Illinois.
The park was put together piecemeal over the years as West Seattle developed: as shelter in 1925; parking areas in 1928; a playground in 1930; seawalls, trails, fireplaces, and horseshoe pits during the Depression; and major additions just after WWII, as people streamed into the area to work in the burgeoning Boeing aircraft plant in the Duwamish Valley.
The heated, saltwater Colman Pool began as a tide-fed swimming hole in 1929, and was periodically hosed out by the fire department to rid it of accumulating mud and debris. It became so popular that residents began asking for a concrete bottom and sides - much to the chagrin of the city, which wanted to abandon it entirely. The pool took final concrete form in 1941, when Kenneth Colman, son of Laurence, donated $150,000 to have it built in honor of his father.
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