Alki Beach Park, Urban beach park in West Seattle, Seattle, US
Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre park in West Seattle, Washington, consisting of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. Its 0.5-mile shoreline is made of dark, wet pebbles rather than sand, with a patch of clustered rocks or shells at the water's edge. The water is dark with small ripples, and a tree-covered slope and pale mountains rise in the distance. A bronze-green statue of a robed woman stands on a tall, tapered stone pedestal set in a concrete planter; she holds a small book at her left side and raises a torch in her right hand.
Seattle's first European settlers, the Denny Party, arrived here in 1851 and built their initial settlement with help from Chief Seattle. The beach later developed into a public recreation destination in the early 1900s.
The bronze-green statue of a robed woman holding a book and raising a torch stands on a tall stone pedestal within a concrete planter. Installed in 1952, it is a replica of the Statue of Liberty. The Alki Point Monument, memorializing Seattle's pioneer White settlers, is also in the park.
The waterfront grounds are easy to walk and the sandy beaches are directly accessible from the park. Facilities are straightforward to locate and available throughout most daylight hours for casual visits.
This was one of the first public salt-water bathing beaches on America's West Coast, attracting swimmers in the early 1900s. The designation helped establish the area as an early center for recreational culture in the region.
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