This is a little finger of a park located at the end of the Seattle waterfront. Not much to see here unless you're there on the 4th of July. It's the hottest place in Seattle to watch fireworks but don't bother going there cuz you'll never get in on the 4th. Any other day it's just another strip of grass and there are much better things to do in Seattle and much better Parks as well

Our party of adults and teenagers came to the park primarily to see the Fin Project, a swords into ploughshares display of diving planes from decommissioned nuclear submarines of the 1960s. About twenty of these black fins are embedded in the earth, sometimes leaning and sometimes vertically, each one identified on a small attached plaque near ground level. From certain angles the entire display can look like something out of sci-fi; maybe a set of infernal machines emerging from hiding underground. The shores of Lake Washington are nearby and frequented by kayaks and canoes. A pleasant place to go for an energetic run or a contemplative walk in the shadow of the fins.

During our second visit to visit our son, we continue to explore all the local parks, especially those who have open spaces and off leash spaces for our canine friends. Magnuson Park fits the bill with several trails that meander throughout this 20 acre park and along Lake Washington. I never saw so many people and dogs so happy. For the dogs , there were multiple types of off leash areas (small/ close areas for the brave and large fenced in fields that permit active running for your furry friends). But this park is awesome for people to enjoy well cultivated trails and brand avenues of poplars that lead in every direction and every type of elevation. We went counter clockwise and explored most of the trails and the off leash areas but the best was coming down a hill to Lake Washington. There by our parking area, an ingenious swords to ploughshares project took the diving fins of WWII submarines and randomly inserted them into a sort of memorial along the lake shore. Very moving. Each fin is labeled as it its sub's history .Afterwards both dog and people were well exercised opening our appetite for nearby's Junebaby

As a former base, Magnuson Park is huge with tons of activities, including one of the best off-leash dog parks in the area. It’s also right along Lake Washington - with amazing views.

This was once a US Navy airfield called Sandpoint, built on the edge of Lake Washington, an ideal place to test seaplanes. In the fifties, the base was turned into a park named for Washington Senator Warren Magnuson. Its a large park that's usually pretty empty, as it's slightly off the beaten path. There are few amenities here (you'll have to hunt for the rest rooms), but its free and has copious parking. Magnuson has a long shoreline on the fresh water Lake Washington. You can swim there, or use the boat ramps to put in and tool around looking for salmon. Lake Washington is still a major seaplane training area, and you're likely to see numerous practise touch and goes here. There are green spaces, new wetland habitates and lots of migratory birds. There's also half a dozen sports fields, a full sized kids playground and a swimming beach with a lifeguard in the summer. Magnuson has a FIVE ACRES fenced in dog off leash park, which includes a dog swimming beach. I've been going to Magnuson for over a decade, and I've NEVER seen any sketchy characters hanging out. Police cruise here fairly often, and there's a major bus route that runs from here to downtown Seattle 24 x 7.