Gas Works Park
Venue Type: Park
- Phone: 206-684-4075
- Neighborhood: North Seattle, Wallingford
- Web: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=293
- Parking Details: Free parking
- Age Restriction: All ages
This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal - later converted to crude oil. Import of natural gas in the 1950's made the plant obsolete. The city acquired the site for a park in 1962. The park was opened to the public in 1975. The boiler house has been converted to a picnic shelter with tables, fire grills and an open area. The former exhauster-compressor building, now a children's play barn, features a maze of brightly painted machinery.
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Gas Works Park
2101 N. Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98103
47.6468806
-122.3339347
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Comment by: Maria Christensen
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We have a lot of picnics here, enjoying the view of Downtown and the Space Needle and all the boats on Lake Union. And we always play on the sundial on the top of the hill. Who wouldn't want to BE a sundial? Of course the fireworks and party on the 4th of July are spectacular, if crowded, but on any day this is a great city park. Plenty of space to fly frisbees, nice playground and the big barn with old machinery painted bright colors is fun. Good place to get a tan on sunny days.