Ravenna Park (Seattle)

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Fall foliage and trail, from the 20th Avenue NE Bridge
Fall foliage and trail, from the 20th Avenue NE Bridge
See also: Ravenna, Seattle, Washington#Cowen Park–Ravenna Park and Ravenna Creek

Ravenna Park and Cowen Park comprise a single contiguous recreation and green space in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. These public parks encompass the ravine with a maximum depth of 115 ft (35 m) through which Ravenna Creek flows. They are crossed by the Cowen Park Bridge, on 15th Avenue Northeast, and the 20th Avenue Northeast Bridge, closed to motorized traffic since 1975. The former bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on the boundary between the two parks. The parks are mostly forested with native Western Hemlock, Bigleaf Maple and Coast Douglas-fir. Nonindigenous trees include Coast Redwood and Western Larch.


Daylighted Creek at Recreation Fields
Daylighted Creek at Recreation Fields

Ravenna Park contains 49.9 acres (20.6 ha) and was purchased from developers in 1911. Cowen Park covers 8.4 acre (3.5 ha). The current source of Ravenna Creek is the west face of the ravine along Brooklyn Avenue NE and a small wetland in the northwest corner, at NE 62nd Street.

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