West Seattle weekend scene: Myrtle Reservoir Park’s view

Saturday’s sunshine brought lots of visitors to West Seattle’s new Myrtle Reservoir Park. These photos show it’s a viewpoint as well as a playground: The top photo, shared by Andy Silber, shows the view toward downtown, looking over the new play equipment; earlier in the week, Val took photos including this next one, showing the place markers at the viewpoint from which the top photo was taken:

The inscriptions are part of what Seattle Parks describes as “an interpretive element” labeling the area’s highest hills – and as Val points out, “We win at 520′!” (The nearby 35th/Myrtle water towers are at the highest elevation within the city limits, which is where High Point gets its name. Park access by the playground/path is at 35th/Willow.) The park’s official dedication is not yet scheduled.

8 Replies to "West Seattle weekend scene: Myrtle Reservoir Park's view"

  • RobertSeattle December 5, 2010 (5:31 pm)

    I’m hoping they are going to add a porto-potty to the park like at Ercolini…

  • MrJT December 5, 2010 (7:51 pm)

    How about a swing ?

  • Diane December 5, 2010 (8:23 pm)

    this park is absolutely perfect, except it REALLY needs a potty; I was wondering if anyone knows, any plans soon for porta potty?
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    best view of city I’ve seen in any Seattle park
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    the new fangled slide (skinny, looks like long tongue) was huge hit
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    love the natural play space integrated with big rocks
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    excellent play area for tots
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    I actually like that there’s no swings; kids were very active climbing, sliding, hanging, balancing, running……

  • nighthawk December 5, 2010 (9:07 pm)

    I guess that answers my question about swings, I couldn’t tell in the picture.

    That’s sad.

  • velo_nut December 6, 2010 (7:46 am)

    Swings are so 1952

  • JW December 6, 2010 (9:59 am)

    By the looks of that last photo, seems that Myrtle Reservoir got its skate park after all.

    :-)

  • Cyn December 6, 2010 (10:02 am)

    Great location, great view, and there will be great space for kids to run once the grass is in. However, this really isn’t the best park for 3 year olds. The big structure & slide are too high and complicated for tots and the smaller structure is for 2 year olds at best. We’ll still go and enjoy the view and space, though. Glad it is finally open!

  • Diane December 6, 2010 (12:49 pm)

    I will be testing both play structures this week or next (depending on weather) with a 20 mo old; will report on her reviews
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    many kids love the rocks/boulders, which are not shown in photos here

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