Kirke Park — Attraction in Seattle

This is a great local playground. Compact, but still with a range of play options. No baby swings and non-traditional disk-like swings that are great for one or multiple kids to sit, lay or stand on at a time. Sand area in the shade with a bench nearby. One small slide good for babies/ young toddlers and a Big Kid slide. This playground has been more recently updated. There is a grass area next to the play structure good for open running, games and picnic snacks. There is a shade over with three fixed tables. We had our daughter’s second birthday there. It’s not reserved but worked well. There’s a very short dirt path in the trees behind the sand that my daughter and her friends love to run through and pretend is the “Enchanted Garden” like in Daniel Tiger. Easy street parking and next to a P-patch to walk through and look at plants. Only drawback is no bathroom. We often bring a...

The park was named Kirke which means church in Norwegian. This name pays tribute to both the Norwegian heritage of the neighborhood and the history of the site. This site was home to the Church of Seventh Elect in Spiritual Israel for more than 90 years. This park has the historical ruins of the church incorporated into the gardens and play areas.

I dig it here, and especially knowing the weird history of the place, it seems very special. I will definitely come back to...

There is a full playground, small nature path, open field, pea patch, and historical foundation/wall from and early church originally built on the land with an explanation as how to pronounce the name of the park correctly...I'll let you visit the park to...