Seward Park old-growth loop
Photo: Michael.Camilleri · CC BY 2.0 · Flickr
🥾 Hike · Seattle
2 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 20 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Free lots at the entrance and the south end of the peninsula
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Handles heat · Wind-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
A peninsula jutting into Lake Washington, with a flat 2.4-mile paved loop: lake on one side, a rare patch of Seattle old-growth forest on the other, and with luck a bald eagle in its nest.
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