Gas Works Park aka: Gasworks Park

Nice to go to any time of year. The summer it gets busy with families but it’s a great place to throw a frisbee around, suntan, picnic, etc etc. The evenings are less crowded and Gaswords is the place if you want a pretty sunset picture (when it’s not cloudy..good luck).
A scene from the movie Ten Things I Hate About You was filmed here too

Greg Bear (an author who lives in Seattle) mentions Gas Works Park in one of his books. So while I was living in Puyallup and able to visit Seattle often I had to visit Gas Works Park just to see it. I was greatly impressed with the view of Seattle and it was so nice to connect with a place I’d read about.

There’s a great view of the needle!!

Its a very nice park and I really enjoy watching the rowers silently go by early in the morning.

If you have dogs, just be aware that there is a homeless guy that sometimes camps in the bushes near the restrooms and his dogs aren’t on leash. They came out of nowhere barking at me and my dogs and I was worried that there would be a huge fight and who knows if they had their shots, etc.

Absolutely the best place to see Seattle in all it’s awesomeness. Kerry Park has a great view of downtown, but nowhere else in Seattle can you have such a beautiful view of downtown, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and Lake Union – all at the same time.

Also, the gas facility makes for some really cool photo opportunities.

Shot a film here, too! ;)

I moved to Seattle for a couple of years and Gas Works was where I’d always go on nice days to write, zone out and clear my head. I even went back last year and got married at the bottom of the hill there!

There’s not a whole lot to do other than walk around and take pictures, but it’s nice to look at. Anyone in Seattle should see it once.

I used to live in Seattle and Gas Works Park is one of my favorite places to go and have a picnic, watch the sunset, hang out with friends, be along, in the entire city…

it’s a beautiful location, jutting out into lake union. you can watch boats go by, or kayakers. there’s even a little beach where you can pull up with your kayak (i got to do that once, it was fun :). the hill has some cool artwork embedded into it at the top, and has nice views all around.
just don’t eat the dirt – one environmental company i did some work for said that rather than remediate the soil they just covered it over. yum.