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The first Carkeek Park was located at Pontiac Station just north of Sand Point and in 1918 was named for Morgan J. Carkeek, an English building contractor who came to Seattle in 1875. In 1928 the park moved to its location in northwest Seattle. From the beach you can see the southern tip of Whidbey Island, the Kitsap Peninsula, and the Olympic ...
Carkeek Park is located in northwest Seattle, between 3rd Ave NW and Puget Sound. The park includes all of Piper's Creek (sometimes written without the apostrophe) plus the adjoining side hills and some side streams, plus a beach area. Park trails can be accessed from several points, and there is an access road that leads to a parking area near ...
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Hotels near Carkeek Park: (2.51 mi) Greenlake Guest House (6.36 mi) Shafer Baillie Mansion Bed and Breakfast (4.32 mi) Staypineapple, Watertown, University District (3.20 mi) Hotel Ballard (7.57 mi) Lotte Hotel Seattle; View all hotels near Carkeek Park on Tripadvisor
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Carkeek Park is a 216 acres (87 ha) park located in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park contains Piper Orchard, Pipers Creek (and its tributaries Venema Creek and Mohlendorph Creek), play and picnic areas, picnic shelters, and hiking trails. A pedestrian bridge across the main lines of the BNSF Railway connects to the ...
- 216 acres (0.87 km²)
- Seattle Parks and Recreation
The Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center, built at a cost of $660,000, is Seattle Parks and Recreation’s first state of the art LEED building and only one of four achieving Gold certification. While it is not currently opened to the public due to budget cuts in 2011, it is frequently used for public and private events.
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Carkeek Park history and news coverage. The work of salmon volunteers in the park was reported on by the Seattle Times in fall 2021 and again in 2023. For the Park’s 75th-year anniversary, read the August 2004 account from the Seattle Times archives.
The 220-acre Carkeek Park in North Seattle offers stunning views of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains. A pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks connects the sandy beach to the rest of the park, where you’ll find miles of hiking trails, play and picnic areas, an orchard, and Pipers Creek, an urban stream that empties into the Sound.
