Gas Works Park
2101 North Northlake Way, Seattle, WA 98103
Price of admission: Free
Website - (206) 684-4075
Hours of Operations: 4 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Keywords: accessible, exercise, Grill, jogging, kites, outdoor, path, picnic, Playground, trail, walk, wallingford
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.
Gas Works Park has a play area with a large play barn, and big hill popular for flying kites. Special park features include a sundial, and a beautiful view of Seattle.
Burke-Gilman Trail runs past Gas Works parking lot and follows the Burlington-Northern Railroad 12.5 miles north to Kirkland Log Boom Park.
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