Matthews Beach Park — Attraction in Seattle

This is a beautiful and mostly quiet lakefront park in NorthEast Seattle just a stone’s throw from Magnuson park.

Despite the close proximity of these two parks, there exists a variety of characteristics that makes visiting Mathews Beach a marketably different experience than a trip to Magnuson park. Here are a couple that stand out to me:

Mathews Beach public waterfront is much smaller, but more accessible if mobility is a factor.

-No off-leash area at Mathews

-No historic landmarks at Mathews. The upside to this is that unlike Magnuson Park there are no crumbled, cracked, and full of potholes streets on your way in or out of Mathews Beach Park. This is another unfortunate mobility issue in Magnuson Park that renders areas of the park less accessible or inaccessible altogether.

-No sports fields or teams -which also means Mathew’s is much quieter on weekends and in the evenings.

-There are public restrooms at Mathew’s, and unlike Magnuson’s permanent but temporary portable toilets these are brick and mortar. And although Mathew’s restrooms are not as hoighty-toighty as Magnuson’s Members-Only secret public restrooms the city funds to clean & supply via tax credits/reduced lease payments, the Mathews restrooms are clean, consistently open, and regularly attended to.

-I’m unaware of a boat launch at Mathews, but parking is fairly straight up and unlike a lot of the roadway in Magnuson Park (62nd Ave NE) your not going to pop your fuel tank or get pitched off of your bike on torn up roads

I’m sure there are far more differences than one person could list, but these are the things that impact my choice on which park to visit on any given day.

The bottom line is they are both fantastic public assets that we are lucky to have, but going forward we also need to advocate for their upkeep and hold city leaders to a Seattle For All gold standard when it comes to our parks, the climate, and our immediate environment so the city’s long history of environmental injustice can hop off of its...

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Definitely my favorite park in a very long time! It’s a large place with a good sized parking lot, including five-six disabled parking spots that all have unloading zones.

There’s two gender neutral bathrooms that are single stall, but incredibly large. This is a very disability accessible place. The doors are heavy, but wide. They’re incredibly filthy though, and there’s been no toilet paper a few times I’ve gone so make sure to check before you sit. 😂

There’s a nice strip of beach where you can access the water, and a playground for kids. Lots of grassy areas, mostly flat but there’s also a small hill. I highly recommend this park for picnics and I saw a lot of people on dates there.

There’s picnic tables, built-in charcoal grills, trash cans, and recycling cans. The pathways are smooth and paved, and wide enough for even a motorized wheelchair. Truly my favorite park of all time, the only reason it’s a 4/5 is because the bathrooms truly are...