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“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." - Charles Dickens
| Address: | 950 NW Carkeek Park Rd Seattle, WA 98177 |
| Hours: | Daily 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. |
Pictures below will take you to the beautiful park with wonderful nature! Enjoy the beauty!
Description:
Carkeek Park is a 216-acre park, which is located in Seattle, Washington State. The park is situated in a green zone with a wonderful stream and offers wonderful and numerous opportunities for recreation.
Hikers will enjoy a wide network of very well maintained trails and paths that run through this huge and beautiful park. Carkeek Park offers not only nice hiking opportunities, but also wonderful picnic and play areas. It also features a pedestrian bridge over the BNSF Railway tracks. If the weather allows and the tide is low hikers may enjoy the opportunity to walk from Carkeet Park to Puget Sound, from Carkeek’s beach to Ballard Locks.
Pipers Creek, an urban stream, and Pipers Orchard full of fruit trees and beautiful nut trees were restored thanks to city workers, volunteers and neighbors.
The Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center is an educational facility that is located on the territory of the park. The learning center provided interesting environmental educational classes and at the same time served as a community gathering space.
The first Carkeek Park was situated at Pontiac Station, north of Sand Point. In 1918, this park was named in honor of Morgan J. Carkeek, an English prominent building contractor who came to Seattle in 1875. In 1928, the park moved to its’ nowadays location. Wonderful views are open from the beach: the southern tip of Whidbey Island, the Kitsap Peninsula, and the Olympic Mountains.
It should be said that old growth forest was cut here around the early 20th century. And now we can see that evergreens predominate here. Among typical trees you can find maple, alder, willow, ash, Western Red Cedar, Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, spruce, pine, etc.
Thanks to the dedication of neighbors and volunteers salmon population was brought back to Piper Creek and restored the biggest parts of the forest. This people work for the betterment of their neighborhood and community.
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View the embedded image gallery online at:
https://beautifulwashington.com/king-county/parks/seattle/north-seattle/268-carkeek-park.html#sigProId08687dc7a3
https://beautifulwashington.com/king-county/parks/seattle/north-seattle/268-carkeek-park.html#sigProId08687dc7a3
These pictures were taken on September 13, 2014
Directions:
In order to get the directions click on the link below:
Photo: Roman Khomlyak
Photo Editing: Alex Mandryko
Information: Marina Petrova
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