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950 NW Carkeek Park Rd
Seattle, WA 98177


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Carkeek Park
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950 NW Carkeek Park Rd
Seattle, WA 98177

Carkeek Park is a 216acre park located in the Broadview neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The park contains Piper Orchard, Pipers Creek (and its tributaries Venema Creek and Mohlendorph Creek), play and picnic areas, picnic shelters, and hiking trails. A pedestrian bridge across the main lines of the BNSF Railway connects to the Carkeek Park sand beach on Puget Sound. Park program activities are largely out of the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center.HistorySeattle's first park to be called "Carkeek Park" was on Pontiac Bay, Lake Washington (1918 - 1926), now site of Magnuson Park. The original was a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan J. Carkeek, prominent builder and contractor in Seattle, Oregon, and Victoria, B.C. The original was displaced by a Naval Air Station. Morgan Carkeek offered the proceeds of his sale to the City for another park.Most of the existing site was purchased by the City of Seattle in the later 1920s, with 20% donated by Carkeek, following citizen petition over vigorous City opposition. The park went through a few themes over years, from outdoor performance venue, to farm for zoo animal feed, to pasturage rental, to park with WPA Civilian Conservation Corps construction (1933- - 36, removed in 1938), to U.S. Army camp (just in 1942), to sewage treatment plant (over vigorous opposition by neighborhoods groups). Bond funds in the late 1940s allowed reconstruction of park facilities, including a planned large equestrian academy and concession to reduce chronic rowdyism in the park, but a tight city budget in spite of generous donations forced indefinite postponement. An archery field was built (c. 1955), and ended in 1963 as fencing become prohibitive. Treated sewage outfall ended in the early 1960s with closure of the treatment plant and replacement with a Metro sewage pumping station near the parking lot for the beach.

Carkeek Park
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950 NW Carkeek Park Rd
Seattle, WA 98177

Het Carkeek Park is een park in het noorden van Seattle. Het park ligt in de wijken Broadview, Blue Ridge en Greenwood. Vanuit een gedeelte van het park is uitzicht over de Puget Sound en over de Olympic Mountains. Door het Carkeek Park loopt in totaal 9,75 km aan wandelpaden.Door het park stromen drie beken, namelijk de Pipers Creek, de Venema Creek en de Mohlendorph Creek.GeschiedenisHet Carkeek Park werd oorspronkelijk in 1918 aangelegd in de wijk Sand Point en was vernoemd naar "Morgan J. Carkeek", de man die voor de aanleg van het park zorgde. Carkeek werd geboren in Engeland en verhuisde in 1866 naar Californië om te investeren in de mijnbouw. Hij kwam in 1875 naar Seattle als aannemer. Het Carkeek Park had toen een oppervlakte van 9,4 ha. In 1926 wilde de overheid de gehele wijk Sand Point ombouwen tot een vliegbasis van de marine. Het Carkeek Park werd toen verplaatst naar zijn huidige locatie, gekocht van "A.W. Pipers", een snoepfabrikant. Voor deze locatie betaalde de gemeente Seattle $100.000 en Morgan J. Carkeek $25.000.Door het Carkeek Park liep toen een zandweg en op het huidige strand stond toen een zagerij, die in 1920 werd vervangen door een vistrap, die tot 1932 bestond. Op 24 augustus 1929 werd het park formeel geopend. Voor de opening werden onder andere twee kamelen en tankwagens met drinkwater gehuurd.

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City of Seattle Environmental-Education
Distance: 0.4 mi Competitive Analysis
950 NW Carkeek Park Rd
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 684-0877

Carkeek Camps!
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950 NW Carkeek Park Rd
Seattle, WA 98133

Remix Workout
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12038 10th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 367-4896

J Robert Kennedy
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12002 9th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 364-0190

Loreen Cvc
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12248 11th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177-4314

(206) 365-7069

Pickering & Associates
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12000 8th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177-4538

(206) 365-5525

Robert M Keenholts
Distance: 0.6 mi Competitive Analysis
625 NW 116th St
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 363-8014

Kerwin Landscaping
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622 NW 116th St
Seattle, WA 98177-4743

(206) 729-1349

Tom Patricia Tsagalakis
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10606 9th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 362-9684

Laws Jeffrey S Attorney At Law
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376 NW 112th St
Seattle, WA 98177-4841

(206) 523-3432

All Phase Cleaning 4u
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12015 7th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(360) 224-9661

Blue Ridge Community Club
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10040 15th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 784-3868

Commercial Fisherman
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817 NW 107th St
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 363-3158

Carkeek Park
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6th Ave NW & NW 116th St
Seattle, WA 98177

Professional Latino Painting I
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
10040 Mary Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 715-4999

Mach, Paul
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
828 NW 125th St
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 367-8592

Anne Marie Chrisafis Service
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
10316 11th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 784-6631

Bamboo Collective
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12th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 427-6233

Our bamboo garden nursery contains many varieties of both running and clumping, non-invasive plants that are hardy to the Seattle region. There's a wide array of species and sizes to choose from, we accept credit cards to make it easy to buy if you see something you like.

Herring Designs
Distance: 0.7 mi Competitive Analysis
354 NW 113th Pl
Seattle, WA 98177

(206) 361-5147