Log Boom Park in Kenmore

In terms of Seattle parks, Log Boom Park in Kenmore overall is a nice place to take the kids during lunch, or a decent place to take a break from all your running around.

Located right on the northern shores of Lake Washington, Log Boom Park is unbelievably the home of a famous incident.

This particular incident involved my wife actually :)

One of the cool things about this park is that it has a public pier where anyone (obviously, since it's public) can walk out on and enjoy the view of the lake.

Well, when she was young, she was at the pier with her family and decided it would be fun to skip backwards on the dock.

Little did she know that the end of the dock was closer than she thought, and she skipped right off the edge!

So make sure you watch your kids when heading out to the pier!

In addition to the pier, Log Boom Park in Kenmore offers places for fishing, bird watching (how could anyone not love watching baby ducklings!), and of course a playground for the kids.

Speaking of the playground, even though it is small, the playground equipment isn't your normal playground slide, swingset, and monkey bar combination.

Instead, the park has mostly climbing equipment: climbing rope, climbing wall, and climbing bars in general. It's a perfect park for kids who love to climb.

And if you're not careful, you'll find yourself attracted to some of the equipment, interested in trying it out personnally! What is also nice about the playground, and the park in general, is that there are picnic tables really close to the playground, along with a rather nice restroom and even working (yeah!) water fountains.

And if you're not interested in the playground?

Well, Log Boom Park in Kenmore is not only a great place to launch kayaks on Lake Washington, but it is also home to the northern terminus of the Burke-Gilman bike trail.

You can find the park at the following address:

61st Ave NE & NE 175th St
Kenmore, WA 98028

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With a good-sized parking lot and room to enjoy an afternoon while enjoying the wonderful outdoors that can only be found in Seattle.