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Discovery Park

  • 3801 W Government Way

    and 36th Ave

    Seattle, WA 98119-1014

  • Phone: 206-386-4236


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  • Hours:

    Discovery Park 

     

    Daily 6am-11pm Visitor Center 

     

    Tue-Sun 8:30am-5pm

     
  • Type:
    Beaches, Parks
     
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Situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, this expansive urban park — the largest in Seattle -- offers two miles of beach trails and nine miles of winding footpaths. Ostensibly a bluff-top reserve, Discovery Park protects a remarkable urban wilderness and is a great place for nature-watching. The Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, which features art and cultural exhibits, is also located at the park, as is a marine reserve. An 1881 lighthouse, the oldest in the area, can also be found here. Offering breathtaking views of both the Cascade and the Olympic mountain ranges, the park's remote site includes two miles of protected tidal beaches as well as open meadow lands, dramatic sea cliffs, forest groves, active sand dunes, thickets, and streams.

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John Ferri

Ten Best Logo 03 Local Expert Says:

"The park occupies the grounds of the former Fort Lawton military base, and there is interesting interpretive history here about the park's past and information on its pioneering role in the national military base re-use program that began in the early 1980s. The park's Fort Lawton Historic District includes "Officers' Row," military buildings surviving from the park's days as a fort. "