Five stars. For the size and lovely location, this park is five stars. A small parking lot. Small…read moregrass are. But the views? HUGE!!! Amazingly huge. From I-90 to Seward Park across the lake. Wow. A regular stop for me when I take a walk on the Island. Excellent place to chill. SYOY.

SMALL but effective!…read more Depends on what you're visiting for. We stopped by with a pizza and a few beers just to chill out for a second before walking back to our airbnb. I love that there's a few different little waterfront parks on the west side of Mercer Island. Gives a few different options ... & they all feel pretty private too, which is nice! Seems well kept up enough. Worth a little stop to chill for a second if you're on the island!

This park has lifeguards on duty and free life jackets to borrow during the summer months. It's…read morebeen a great place to launch my paddle board and the life guards give me peace of mind when going out solo. There is limited parking but there is a neighborhood right behind this park that you could park at as well.

This is a small wonderful park located in the Mt Baker neighborhood. Tennis court, play area for…read morekids, beach, beautiful landscaping. This park would be a great to have a picnic on a sunny day. The park has a great play structure with a sip line swing for the older kids. For the little ones, there are a few ride - on toys, low walls to climb, and lots of gravel. Parking along the nearby road has just a few spots and the lot itself is tight, but doable. One of the best small park in the city. I recommend a visit if you haven't.

The newest 'Fritz Hedges Waterway Park' really has some of the bleakest landscaping I've seen. In…read moresummer you will simply cook in the sun and the sparse parking lot tree species all look half alive. And the native landscaping is very weedy. I'm not sure why nobody put any thought into providing shade. It seems somebody landscaped it back in 2021 and forgot about anything but cutting the grass. I'm sure they send the folks in with gas powered blowers twice a week but god forbid they actually pluck a weed or water a tree. The grass is great if you're a goose or duck, and it's great for you to poop on, of course. It's a fine place to go swim or launch a boat but staying on shore...well you'd be better off visiting Greenlake.

Fritz Hedges Waterway Park at first blush really reminded the honey and I of Annabel Lake in San…read moreRamon. It has quite a bit of seating and a gorgeous view of the water. We loved watching the ducks and enjoying how peaceful the park is. The one star loss is that if you look a little closer you'll notice that the chairs are bolted down and could use a new coat of paint. The park is generally clean, but it appears that they've been doing some weed work on the garden and haven't yet cleaned out the dead plant material. I expected a bit more of Sakuma Viewpoint since wasn't really a viewpoint - it's just a water overlook and you have the same view almost everywhere in the park, but beyond that, we really enjoyed how relaxing the space was. So all in all, if you're in the area, I wouldn't hesitate to drop by.

Across the street from the Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook, this park is one of the many lovely…read moreplaces to stop when you're in West Seattle. Overall this park is quite simple. There are some places to picnic and chill in the grass as well as some trails along the hillside. It's not worth a trip, but if you're in the area you might as well. Easy street parking in the area.

So I like to hike as you have seen in my previous reviews :D I went on summer so probably that's…read morewhy it was a bit dry. GPS brought me to a neighborhood where there is no entrance to the greenbelt/park. Narrow streets with hills so try following this Yelp's map ;) I parked on the other side and decided to hike up through the narrow trail entrance in the middle of some bushes behind a board with a bit of history of the neighborhood. There are some water storages up the hill. You go around quickly. We crossed the street and went to a beach at the end of two buildings. I don't think dogs can get into the water. And even if they could, there is a lot of algae and driftwood.

This is a pretty sizable park with access to the Cedar River Trail...as the name just might…read moresuggest. This park also holds the aquatic center, community center, and theatre. Large playing field for a variety of games, several benches to pull up and have a little lunch and get some fresh air. With plenty of parking onsite, this is a lovely park to go to.

Every summer it has an ongoing public event , when families enjoy being outdoor and relax…read morethemselves. Kids playing frisbee and skateboards. Renton Farmer's Market is very close to it so I would always take my pet for a nice walk after getting some local watermelons.

Herring's House Park is a City of Seattle park in the Port of Seattle providing both paved and…read moredirt/gravel walking paths to visitors. Along the paths are grassy areas, abundant vegetation harboring many different birds, benches to sit and watch the park/Duwamish River, and picnic areas. The park immediately borders Terminal 107 Park, which is located just south of Herring's House Park, and the Duwamish River/Waterway which abuts the park's east side. I came here a couple times earlier this month, the first time a bit by accident. I was planning on going to Terminal 107 Park and did, reached some paved paths and wondered if the paths were part of the same park. Turns out they are not, the paved paths are part of Herring's House Park. But it took me a second day of adventuring here to figure that out. Each park has its own parking lot, the sign for Herring's House Park is more tucked away, something to keep in mind if driving here. The park is also easily accessible via foot or bicycle via the Duwamish Trail. Walking the trails in the morning was a treat. I saw different water birds out and fishing about. At the very northern edge of the park the West Seattle Bridge and the Space Needle are visible in the distance. Ships loaded with cargo and smaller boats made their way through the Duwamish Waterway, a fun sight to watch. I came both times in the morning when the tide was nearer low tide than hide tide and crossing the small water channel carrying water from the bog area to the Duwamish Waterway was not too dangerous. An absolutely gorgeous location on a clear day. When I drove past more recently on Wednesday the 16th of September 2020 I noticed the park was closed, so I checked it out online and the park was closed due to the hazardous air quality from the smoke of the Washington State wildfires. The park has since reopened again.

Disclaimer: I'm biased, since I'm one of the folks helping to restore this area, so I'm going to…read morethink its great. But it really is. Trust me. Or don't. I don't care. Herring's House is a great little park to walk around. It doesn't offer you any wide open vistas, or hiking trails. But it does have lots of beautiful scenery, places to picnic, and an osprey nest on site. So, if you have any pets or small children you want to dispose of, just rub a little fish oil on them and leave them near the back of the park. (Kidding!) If you're looking for an overlooked beautiful place to chill out when its warm, head here. The parking lot is right next to the entrance to the Grey Line facility.

A bit tough to find if you're searching in Google Maps, as it's smack dab in the middle of a…read moreresidential neighborhood, but once you do - and navigate parking - it's a beautiful jaunt through nature. Possibly slippery when wet, as the trail is packed with leaves, it makes for a journey and an adventure in a short (or lengthy) walk. The trail is easily navigable, occasionally with wooden/metal grates, bridge-like pathways leading hikers up and over the more wet, sloshy areas. It seems to be a quiet hike through the woods, possibly most intended for those who live in the neighborhood. But it's a nice walk, peaceful and the minimal other people we saw respected distance and trail etiquette. Only slight altitude gains, which makes for easy family walks and adventuring.

I pass one of the entrances to the Schmitz Preserve Park on a regular basis but had never actually…read moregone inside until today. Just steps away from busy Admiral Way is an oasis with some of the tallest trees I've seen in West Seattle. -- From Seattle.gov: Schmitz Preserve was donated to the city in pieces between 1908 and 1912. The most generous chunk came from a German immigrant/pioneer/banker/realtor named Ferdinand Schmitz, who served on the park commission during those years. It was Schmitz's idea, as he saw how rapidly the great forest was disappearing, to preserve part of it in its natural state. Even Schmitz's land had not been completely untouched by logging, though. Some huge stumps in the park still show deep notches hacked high above the ground for the "spring-boards" on which axe men would stand to avoid having to chop through the lower root crown, the thickest and hardest part of the tree. After 1908, however, the new park rapidly gained popularity as a quiet complement to the West Seattle park complex. Except for the paved entrance and a parking lot at the northwest corner, the park has remained essentially unchanged ever since. (Edited from the files of Don Sherwood, 1916-1981, Park Historian.) --- The trails of this preserve are perfect for an after-work mini-hike or a long weekend stroll. I've heard that a neighborhood pony makes its home on a property adjacent to the preserve (but don't try to pet him! I've heard he bites!). Tonight I had a very short visit due to time, but even as the sky was starting to darken there were individuals walking the paths. Next time I will spend a couple of hours here. Easy off street parking near the Admiral Way entrance/exit makes this a no-brainer for a quick getaway to destress while still within the city limits.

A beautiful spot if you're looking for a place to sit and look out at the water. But only two,…read moreshort, small docks are available for that purpose. Many people walking dogs. Very few were wearing masks, if you're being Covid-cautious and would like to know this sort of thing. There is a bit of a field where you can enjoy a picnic, but runs along a busy road, with little break in car traffic & noise. The paved path along the outside of the field goes into a neighborhood of houses, and doesn't seem to loop around thr lake itself.

Ir is a beautiful walk. I like it better for summer or fall. In summer you can go for blueberry…read morepicking by the farm, park there, and then walk around the park after crossing the blueberry field. You will pass another lovely farm. I will visit them next time. I like their sunflowers. The view of the Lake is very nice and quiet. But if you keep walking, you'll start hearing cars on 156th. You can easily go a bit further to another neighbor park which is pretty lovely or walk your way back to the 148th where there is a small lake. These two are like a breath in the middle of the city.