Gas Works Park

Gas Works Park is an outdoor activity in Seattle, WA, part of the Seattle guide. Cost: free.

2101 N Northlake Way · Seattle, WA

Why you should go…

Gas Works Park sits on the north shore of Lake Union, on the site of a gas plant that ran from 1906 to 1956. Landscape architect Richard Haag kept the old generator towers, and the park opened in 1975. You can fly a kite on the big hill, find the sundial built into its summit, and let kids loose in the play barn, a former pump house that still holds its machinery. The hill gives a wide view of the Seattle skyline.

#city park
#kite flying
#skyline views
#industrial history
#lake union

What's around here?

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