Magnolia Park, Urban park on Magnolia Bluff in Seattle, United States
Magnolia Park is an urban park situated on elevated terrain in Seattle, featuring views across Puget Sound, Mount Rainier, and the city skyline. The grounds include tennis courts, barbecue areas, picnic spaces available for group reservation, restrooms, and drinking water stations.
The Magnolia neighborhood became part of Seattle in 1891, taking its name from Captain George Davidson's error in identifying the madrona trees native to the area. This naming mistake from that era persists today as the official designation.
The name Magnolia is a mistake: a Navy geographer took the neighborhood's madrona trees for magnolias, and the error stuck to both the district and the park. The 12.1-acre grounds are used for picnics, family gatherings and open-air meals by residents of the surrounding neighborhood.
The park covers 12.1 acres on a bluff above Puget Sound, reached by road through the Magnolia neighborhood in the northwest of Seattle. Paths lead to viewpoints over the water and the Olympic Mountains, with picnic areas and sports courts on the grounds. Bring layers, since the exposed bluff is windy and the weather changes quickly.
The park's name comes from a mapping error: a Navy geographer mistook the neighborhood's madrona trees for magnolias, and the mistake stuck. The 12.1-acre grounds carry that misnomer today.
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