Carkeek Park (salmon slide + trains)

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Carkeek Park (salmon slide + trains)

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🏖️ Beach · Seattle

2.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed

age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 5.0
3–5 yrs
★ 5.0
5–10 yrs
★ 4.0
  • 🚗
    About 35 min drive
    From Bellevue · Parking: Free lots inside the park
  • 🍼
    Stroller-friendly
    Flat surfaces — bring the stroller
  • 🌳
    Some shade
    Great on sunny days · Good on cool days · Wind-OK
  • ⏱️
    Typical visit: 2.5 hours
    Best seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall

A pilgrimage site for Seattle kids: the playground has a big slide you enter through a salmon's mouth, and the footbridge over the railroad tracks leads to the beach while BNSF freight trains and Amtrak rumble by underneath.

💡 Tips
Salmon return to spawn in Piper's Creek in November, with volunteer naturalists on weekends. The footbridge has lots of stairs, so you'll be carrying the stroller.

What this place offers

✓salmon slide
✓train watching
✓beach
✓footbridge
✓creek
✓forest
✓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 · 47–60°F · 53% rain
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Sun 10/18
Overcast · 44–55°F · 2% rain

Location

Seattle, Washington

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