Magnuson Park | |
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Warren G. Magnuson Park | |
![]() Magnuson Park and Lake Washington in 2004 | |
Type | Urban park |
Location | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Coordinates | 47°40′51″N 122°14′53″W / 47.6808°N 122.2481°W |
Area | 350 acres (1.4 km2) |
Created | 1900 | (military use 1922-1975)
Operated by | City of Seattle |
Status | Open year round |
Website | Official website |
Magnuson Park is a park in the Sand Point neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. At 350 acres (140 ha) it is the second-largest park in Seattle, after Discovery Park in Magnolia (which covers 534 acres (2.16 km2)). Magnuson Park is located at the site of the former Naval Station Puget Sound, on the Sand Point peninsula with Pontiac and Wolf bays that juts into Lake Washington in northeast Seattle.[1]