Golden Gardens Park

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Golden Gardens Park
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A freshwater marsh near the north end of the park, with Puget Sound in the background.
Golden Gardens Park
Location Seattle, Washington
Coordinates 47°41′33″N122°24′12″W / 47.692379°N 122.403359°W / 47.692379; -122.403359
Area87.8 acres (35.5 ha)
Operated by Seattle Parks and Recreation
Open6 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. daily

Golden Gardens Park is a public park in Ballard, a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park includes wetlands, beaches, hiking trails, and picnic and playground areas. The park's bathhouse was designated a historic landmark by the City of Seattle in 2005.

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Landmarks

The park's bathhouse was designated a historic landmark by the City of Seattle in 2005. [1]

Recreation

The lower portion of the park is divided between wetland marsh and beach (on Puget Sound), and situated north of the Shilshole Bay Marina. It also has dunes and large grassy areas. Golden Gardens has exceptional views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains across the sound. The water is very cold for swimming even in summers. Sailing, kayaking, and canoeing are popular. Kitesurfing and sailboarding and other wind-driven sports are also common. The Sound is cut off from the open ocean for more than a hundred miles, sheltering the park from severe weather.

The park is also host to fire pits, picnic areas, a play area, a basketball court, and walking and hiking paths. [2]

Nature

Golden Gardens is well known for the birds that live or migrate there:

The mallards and Canada geese are habituated to humans, and have been known to attack visitors. California sea lions are often heard, and Harbor Seals are also commonly seen. Red-eared slider turtles can be seen sunning themselves on the logs in the ponds. Beavers are active at the ponds, they have cut down a lot of the alder trees around the ponds. Musk rats can often be seen swimming in the ponds. Orcas sometimes swim near the beach.

Motorsport

The double switchback road that leads up from Golden Gardens Park was used as a special Seattle demonstration stage for the 1987 Olympus Pro Rally. [3] Cars were staged from the Shilshole Bay Marina parking area (Seaview Avenue) and finished at the top of the ridge on Golden Gardens Drive. The demonstration stage was the opening chapter in the Olympus Rally's international campaign to achieve FIA World Rally Championship status for the rally. Olympus was added to the FIA Rally Championship calendar in 1986 as the United States sole World Championship Rally event. [4] It is the only professional rally stage and the only professional motor sport event ever held within the city limits of Seattle. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for G". Individual Landmarks. Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. ↑ "Seattle Parks and Recreation". www.seattle.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. ↑ Rockne, Dick (1987-06-27). "Varoooom...Rally Goes to Beach". The Seattle Times. p. D1 – via spl.org.
  4. ↑ "Olympus Rally - The WRC's most controversial title decider". www.dirtfish.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Olympus Rally". www.specialstage.com. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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