Alki Beach

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Alki Beach

Photo: Doug Wilson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

🏖️ Beach · Seattle

2.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 3.0
1–3 yrs
★ 4.0
3–5 yrs
★ 4.0
5–10 yrs
★ 5.0
  • 🚗
    About 30 min drive
    From Bellevue · Parking: Free street parking (hard to find on weekend afternoons)
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Little shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Wind-OK
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2.5 hours
    Best seasons: Summer · Spring · Fall

Seattle's only California-style beach: a 2.5-mile paved waterfront path with the city skyline across the water, fine sand for digging and castle-building (the water is very cold), plus a small Statue of Liberty and a row of ice cream shops.

💡 Tips
The water stays in the 50s year-round, so it's for sand play rather than swimming. Taking the Water Taxi over from downtown Seattle (King County's water bus) is an outing in itself.

What this place offers

✓beach
✓sand
✓paved path
✓Statue of Liberty
✓city views
✓ice cream
✓restrooms

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This weekend's weather in Seattle

Forecast at the destination itself (coast and hills often differ from home)

🌦️
Sat 10/17
Drizzle · 48–60°F · 38% rain
☁️
Sun 10/18
Overcast · 43–58°F · 0% rain

Location

Seattle, Washington

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