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Lake Union Park, Seattle, WA

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Lake Union Park

A downtown Seattle waterfront park on the south end of Lake Union that highlights the city's maritime and industrial past.

860 Terry Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98109 · Seattle, WA

About Lake Union Park

Lake Union Park sits near the center of downtown Seattle and offers green space and direct access to the water. Its grounds recall the region's seafaring, shipbuilding, and industrial history. The Museum of History and Industry and the Center for Wooden Boats are both located within the park. Floats along the shoreline at Westlake Avenue North and Valley Street serve boaters, though power boats cannot launch here and may only tie up for up to two hours. The park was built on land the city gradually acquired, including the final parcels transferred from the U.S. Navy in 2000, and it reopened after renovation in 2010.

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  • #Lake Union
  • #waterfront
  • #maritime history
  • #boating

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  • Museums

    Northwest Seaport

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    A nonprofit maritime heritage center in Seattle that keeps historic vessels afloat and offers public programs aboard them.

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  • Museums

    Center for Wooden Boats

    No admission fee

    Seattle museum preserving Pacific Northwest maritime history, with wooden boats on display and hands-on sailing and boatbuilding programs.

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  • Museums
    History Buff

    Museum of History & Industry

    $25–$50

    Seattle's history museum on Lake Union covering the region's maritime, industrial and pop-culture past.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

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  • Sports & Outdoors

    Streissguth Gardens

    No admission fee

    A family-maintained hillside garden of about one acre on Seattle's Capitol Hill, with trails, ponds, and views over Lake Union and the Olympics.

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    Volunteer Park Conservatory

    Under $25

    A historic glass conservatory with botanical collections on Capitol Hill, run with Seattle Parks and a volunteer nonprofit.

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    Local Gem

    Gas Works Park

    No admission fee

    Climb the kite-flying hill on Lake Union for skyline views beside the rusting towers of a former coal gasification plant.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

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