List of Olmsted parks in Seattle

In 1903, commissioned by the city of Seattle, Washington, the Olmsted Brothers landscape architects planned many of the parks in the City of Seattle as part of a comprehensive plan to create a greenbelt throughout the city.^[1]^[2] The planning continued in several phases, culminating in the final Olmsted-planned park, Washington Park Arboretum in 1936.^[1]^[3]

The existing Seattle Parks and Recreation system has been described as "one of the best-preserved Olmsted park systems in the country".^[4] In 2016, the Olmsted parks system was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a multiple property submission.^[5]

1903 plan

Sunset Hill Park
Green Lake Park
Ravenna & Cowen Park
Woodland Park
Magnolia Bluff
Interlaken Park
Volunteer Park
Cal Anderson Park
Madrona Park
Frink Park
Colman Park
Mount Baker Park
Jefferson Park
Seward Park

1908 plan

Hiawatha Playfield
Schmitz Park
Lincoln Park

Other

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (current University of Washington main campus)
Denny-Blaine Park (One of the "improved parks" mentioned in the Seattle Park Board's annual report for 1909)

The City of Seattle Parks and Recreation department lists a number of other parks, playgrounds, and playfields "influenced or recommended" by the Olmsteds, including the city's largest park: 534-acre (2.16 km²) Discovery Park.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Park History - Olmsted Parks, City of Seattle Parks and Recreation, retrieved 2012-01-12
^ HistoryLink and Friends of Olmsted Parks (September 29, 2004), "Olmsted Park Plans for Seattle Cybertour", HistoryLink, Seattle: History Ink
^ Botanic Gardens: History, University of Washington, archived from the original on 2010-09-21, retrieved 2011-01-12
^ Kathy Mulady (April 1, 2003), City celebrates park pioneer Olmsted, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2012-01-12
^ "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: Seattle's Olmsted Parks and Boulevards (1903–68)" (PDF). National Park Service. December 15, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2020 – via Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

Valerie Easton (April 27, 2003), "The Olmsted Legacy: Masters of Green / From Street to Shore, a Living Legacy of Distinctive Public Places", Pacific Northwest magazine, The Seattle Times, retrieved 2012-01-12
Frederick Law Olmsted, Metro Parks Tacoma, January 9, 2011, archived from the original on 2007-10-28, retrieved 2012-01-12
David B. Williams, A Brief History of Seattle's Olmsted Legacy, Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks (hosted at Seattle Parks and Recreation), retrieved 2012-01-12
Olmsted Parks Study (PDF), Seattle Parks and Recreation, Summer 2018, retrieved February 21, 2019

Protected Areas of Seattle

Federal

National Parks	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Wing Luke Museum (affiliated)

City parks and
preserves

Greater than 50 acres (20 ha)	Alki Beach Camp Long Carkeek Discovery Genesee Golden Gardens Green Lake Interlaken Jackson Jefferson Lake Washington Boulevard Lincoln Magnolia Tidelands Magnuson Puget Schmitz Seattle Center Seward Westcrest West Seattle Golf Course Woodland
10–50 acres (4.0–20.2 ha)	Brighton Playfield Cheasty Boulevard South Colman Condon Way Centerstrip Dahl Playfield Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook Fauntleroy Frink Garfield Gas Works Hamilton Viewpoint Herring's House Park (Tualtwx) Hiawatha Interbay Golf Kinnear Lakeridge Lawton Leschi Longfellow Creek Madrona Magnolia Magnolia Playfield Maple Leaf Reservoir Maple Wood Playfield Matthews Beach Meadowbrook Playfield Me-Kwa-Mooks Montlake Playfield Mount Baker Northacres Open Water Park Pigeon Point Pritchard Island Beach Queen Anne Boulevard Ravenna Park Riverview Playfield Roxhill Sam Smith Soundview Playfield Stan Sayres Memorial Volunteer Walt Hundley Playfield West Seattle Stadium
0.02–10 acres (0.0081–4.0469 ha)	Alvin Larkins Beer Sheva Bell Street Bryant Playground Cal Anderson Cascade Playground Cowen City Hall Commodore Denny Denny Blaine Donnie Chin Dr. Jose Rizal East Montlake Fairview Fritz Hedges Waterway Park Freeway Fremont Peak Hing Hay Home of the Good Shepherd I-5 Colonnade Jack Block Jimi Hendrix Kerry Kiwanis Ravine Kobe Terrace Lake People Lake Union Lakeview Louisa Boren Madison Marshall Park McCurdy Meridian Playground Myrtle Edwards Nora's Woods North Passage Point Northacres Occidental Olympic Sculpture Park Oxbow Parsons Gardens Peace Roanoke Schmitz Boulevard South Passage Point Terry Pettus Park Tilikum Place Union Bay Natural Area Victor Steinbrueck Viretta Waterfront West Montlake Westlake
Under 0.02 acres (0.0081 ha)	Boylston Place Lakeview Place McGraw Square Westlake Square

Other

Farms, gardens and P-Patches	Beacon Food Forest Danny Woo International District Community Garden Interbay P-Patch Marra Farm Picardo Farm
Green belts	St. Mark's Greenbelt SW Queen Anne Greenbelt East Duwamish Greenbelt (The Jungle) West Duwamish Greenbelt
Zoos and aquariums	Seattle Aquarium Woodland Park Zoo
Arboretums and botanical gardens	Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens Kubota Garden Piper Orchard Seattle Chinese Garden Seattle Japanese Garden South Seattle College Arboretum Volunteer Park Conservatory Washington Park Arboretum
Landscape architecture	Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition Olmsted parks
Multi-use trails	Burke-Gilman Trail Chief Sealth Trail