Alki > Gasworks Park > Madison Beach

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Golden Gardens > Alki. I discovered that last night

apres_moi on June 13, 2010 at 11:18 AM

Denny Blain trumps all

Chapstick in Heels on June 13, 2010 at 11:25 AM

Talk about can't leave well enough alone! This is like ranking dick>ass>lips.

gloomy gus on June 13, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Golden Gardens is the best. The walk down from the nearest busstop is gorgeous too.

tabletop_joe on June 13, 2010 at 11:36 AM

I was thinking they were half of an insertion operator >> rather than a greater than sign...used like an arrow...makes more sense now. lol

kristinbell on June 13, 2010 at 11:47 AM

Aren't there supposed to be several more people in that scene - a woman holding a parasol, a reclining man wearing a striped shirt? And why is it so sharp and clear?

beckysharp on June 13, 2010 at 11:51 AM

All of them a pain in the ass to get to without a car. I could hop a bus now and maybe make it by sundown!

JesseJB on June 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Carkeek > St. Edwards > Mathews > Alki

Cecil on June 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Best park in Seattle?

Toss up between Discovery & Carkeek, imho...

Get Real on June 13, 2010 at 12:08 PM

And Vancouver better than all of them. I think Alki is a wasted opportunity. No tourism infrastructure. Golden Gardens is the best beach in Seattle.

jinushaun on June 13, 2010 at 12:13 PM

yeah, i was about to post the same thing as @1. golden gardens is the clear winner for seattle summertime beach/park

Cook on June 13, 2010 at 12:20 PM

@10 - Last night was the first time I ever watched the sunset in Seattle after 13 years. However, within those 13 years, I've watched the sunset from English Bay in Vancouver many times. It's much easier for me to get to English Bay when I'm in Vancouver than it is to get to Alki or Golden Gardens. I still prefer to go to English Bay to watch the sunset than anywhere in Seattle.

apres_moi on June 13, 2010 at 12:36 PM

Alki Beach is awful. West Seattle in general is awful.

mammal on June 13, 2010 at 1:05 PM

@12: I watched the sun set over English Bay just last night. :)

doceb on June 13, 2010 at 1:32 PM

Lincoln Park in West Seattle is great -- there are half a dozen bus lines that go there. The lower park is a great place to watch the sunset over the Olympics.

Smartypants on June 13, 2010 at 2:13 PM

I remember Discovery Park being the urban park in which one could lose themselves. It was sublime. Alki after 2a on a moonlit night is tough to beat.

Telsa on June 13, 2010 at 2:29 PM

@7: Madison Beach is super easy to get to by the 11, I go there and the arboretum from downtown when I get off work early. Although if you're far from the 11 you've still got a problem.

Scipio Africanus on June 13, 2010 at 2:35 PM

magnusun beach, discovery park, golden gardens

hans millionaire on June 13, 2010 at 5:19 PM

Discovery (but it's a hell of a hike to the beach) > Golden Gardens > Madison > Carkeek > Alki (but Alki wins the Sunset Battle, if you're in the areas with a good view of downtown AND the mountains).

Joe Szilagyi on June 13, 2010 at 6:14 PM

Dan, No one doubts that Madison Beach is weak, but honestly Alki is in West Seattle. All there is in West Seattle is Alki and people who live there and think Alki is the coolest thing, sort of like people in Queen Anne who call Queen Anne Ave. "The Ave."
Madison is in richy white neighborhood which granted all three are, at least there are some legitimate and local and amazing restaurants near Gasworks. Also you can Kayak TO gasworks from Aqua Verde, and it is in fremont and closish to ballard. More busses go to and from, only the 11 goes near madison and how you get to West Seattle on a bus is beyond me.

You know I'm right

anal smith on June 13, 2010 at 6:51 PM

And if it is just parks, including parks that are not on the water than Volunteer wins, never in one place will you find my hetero, gay, and trans prostitutes, and heroin dealers at night. Plus it is the best place to chill with a group.

Yet I forgot one,
MAGNUSON
MAGNUSON wins hands down it is Huge, has a new "fake" real habitat type thing, lots of beaches, great view of Mount Raineer, great places to keg if you're underage, and not too many meth deals go down. It also has a unused warehouse you can break into, and a lot of other fun stuff i can't incriminate myself by posting.

anal smith on June 13, 2010 at 6:53 PM

Lincoln Park in West Seattle is easily one of the best parks in the country.

Chadwick on June 13, 2010 at 8:08 PM

West Seattle and Alki is the best walking escape within the city.

At the west tip of Alki Ave, did anyone else see the bald eagle being threatened by a lot of crows in the tree on 63rd & Alki? Forgot how big those eagles are. If they only knew of all the micro-dogs in Capitol Hill they could dine on.

Best park in the city is Carkeek, though. No contest.

mackro on June 13, 2010 at 8:50 PM

Also, the King County Water Taxi is right there in downtown if you want to get to the tip of Alki in 10 minutes. It's 3 bucks each way, and they take (and strongly prefer) Orca cards. With a monthly pass, it's your pass value less than $3 each time. And they take bikes. If they only ran more frequently than once an hour on the weekends...

mackro on June 13, 2010 at 8:55 PM

seattle has parks that collectively are wonderful and add up to being about 100x better for parks than most cities.

in fact, if there was no seattle here, this whole area would be a national park full of campgrounds and little park service ferries, a wonderland of trails to lakes and the sound and up and down all the hills, kind of a NW Arcadia national park.

Damn those Dennys, bringing all the people here!

on June 13, 2010 at 9:18 PM

Alki is pretty great for simply a sunny picnic and reading books by the water. I don't think that can be denied. As for food options and proximity, it might go down a few pegs relative to other parks.

Arsenic7 on June 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM

Gasworks was the site of lots of kite flying, picnics and fireworks from my college days. It's probably not the best, but those memories make it win for me. Plus I loved it when they closed it down and then reopened with "Please Don't Eat the Dirt" signs.

tired on June 13, 2010 at 9:45 PM

Madison is the best of the above named for swimming when it's hot. Alki is a total clusterfuck anytime it's even remotely sunny.

bella on June 14, 2010 at 7:39 AM

@24 The water taxi goes to the Duwamish Head, a couple miles east of Alki point, where the beaches are. It's a quick bike ride, though, and it's free to bring your bike aboard the water taxi.

Free Lunch on June 14, 2010 at 5:24 PM

I like walking the loop in the evening at Seward park with my dog, and then hitting up some view spots (and some greenery) on the ride back north around Lake Washington Blvd. I live right by Golden Gardens but it gets too crowded for my liking. I go to Carkeek instead or even Richmond Beach if I want to stick around the north end.

NumberOne on June 15, 2010 at 7:48 AM

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