Alki Beach Park
Alki Beach Park | |
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Alki Beach Park with replica of Statue of Liberty | |
Location | West Seattle, Washington, USA |
Coordinates | 47°34′52″N 122°24′24″W / 47.580989°N 122.406729°WCoordinates: 47°34′52″N 122°24′24″W / 47.580989°N 122.406729°W |
Area | 135.9 acres (55.0 ha) |
Created | 1907[1] |
Operated by | Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre (55.0 ha) park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head.[2] It has a half-mile (0.8 km) of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.[3]
References
- ↑ Park history, Seattle Parks and Recreation, retrieved 2012-09-05
- ↑ Alki Beach Park, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed online 7 December 2007.
- ↑ Fleming, S. E. (1919), Civics (supplement): Seattle King County, Seattle: Seattle Public Schools, p. 38.
External links
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- Alki Beach Park, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.
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