Bureau of Unexpected Discoveries: Trolley Hill Park
I love Seattle. I love Seattle for it’s temperate weather. I love Seattle for all of it’s green spaces. I even love the clouds in Seattle (although I have been so happy to see blue skies!) I’ve lived on the ease side of Queen Anne for about a year and a half now, and everytime I walk up Taylor/5th Ave., I pass this cute little park with all the P-Patches. For all the times I’ve passed it, I’ve never gone into Trolley Hill Park, named after all the trolleys that used to run up and down Taylor and 5th Avenue. Until last night. The soon-to-be husband and I went for a walk up to Tully’s on Queen Anne Ave and on the way back down we decided to check out everyone’s gardens. It was still early, so there wasn’t too much to see on the garden-front, but we did discover a trailhead that led through the Northeast Queen Anne Greenbelt up to MacLean Park. We haven’t walked it yet, but I can’t wait to. Discovery Park and all of the other green spaces in this city are great, yet they all seem so far on foot. It’s just nice to know that there’s a little bit of nature in my own backyard.
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I live on Queen Anne and ventured that trail once. It’s awesome! It feels like a little treasure no one knows about. I also recommend Bhy Kracke park, if you haven’t been there - at Bigelow and Comstock. It has a great little trail and tons of little pockets of green space.
I ran through that park one time… it takes you all the way down to Aurora. Its pretty cool!
I lived on West Queen Anne for the last 2.5 years, and just moved over to East Queen Anne (6th Ave N and Prospect)… I’ve been having a great time for the last 3 weeks exploring all the areas that I missed.
Adam: You live approximately one block away from me; howdy, neighbor! We actually walked through the greenbelt this weekend. It was awesome! It’s so nice that there’s this tiny little piece of forest in the middle of this great big city.
Noelle: I so want to go to Bhy Kracke now! It’s only a block and a half away! I still can’t believe that I’ve lived here for the last year and a half and haven’t explored these places yet…