Lincoln Park is a 135 acre (546,000 m²) park in West Seattle between Fauntleroy Way S.W. and Puget Sound. One of Seattle's largest parks, attractions include the paved walkway along the beach, tennis courts, baseball fields, picnic shelters, and a heated salt-water swimming pool during the summer. The park is easily accessible by car, boat or bus and is located next to the Washington State Ferries Fauntleroy terminal. West Seattle West Seattle, a hilly district in Seattle, Washington, USA, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. ... Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Beach A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, or cobble along the shoreline of a body of water. ... A tennis courts dimension A tennis court is where a game of tennis is played. ... A baseball field is a playing field used for baseball. ... In contemporary usage, picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors, ideally, taking place in a beautiful landscape. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, or for other bathing activities that do not involve swimming, e. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ... There are also other systems named Metro Transit Metro Transit, Metro for short, is the public transit authority of King County, Washington, a division of the King County Department of Transportation. ... A Washington State Ferry arrives in Downtown Seattle. ...
External links
Seattle Parks web entry (http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/lincoln.htm)
LincolnPark is a 135 acre (546,000 m²) park in West Seattle between Fauntleroy Way S.W. and Puget Sound.
One of Seattle's largest parks, attractions include the paved walkway along the beach, tennis courts, baseball fields, picnic shelters, and a heated salt-water swimming pool during the summer.
The park is easily accessible by car, boat or bus and is located next to the Washington State Ferries Fauntleroy terminal.
LincolnPark was called Fauntleroy Park until 1922, when the city bought it.
LincolnPark is one of Seattles largest and most popular parks.
LincolnPark offers a unique opportunity to manage stands of native and non-native trees in forested and open settings, for future generations of Park users to enjoy.