Cal Anderson Park

Cal Anderson Park includes a fountain, texture pool and reflecting pool, promenade paths, landscaping, a shelterhouse, a plaza, a children's play area, a wading pool, a lighted sports field, and a number of oversize chess boards.

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  • Phone

    (206) 684-4075

  • Website

    calandersonpark.org

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  • Type

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Address

1635 11th Ave W (btwn E Denny Way & E Pine St) Seattle , WA 98119 United States

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pokemon grass dodgeball picnics people watching books park hipster playground ice cream quiet spacious baseball yoga hills music movies sports frisbees fountains
Ricardo Hernandez

Come here in the early hours of the morning and enjoy a quiet morning breeze. Bring a light breakfast , read a book while the sun rises.

Vitamin Yi

Great place to catch all those Pokemon ! Concentrated lures and pokestops!!!

Andrew Furman

Really cool fountains

Judson S

If you see families with loud kids playing in the water, just snub them and keep walking. Then... Look for a friend and give them a fist bump!

Brian ????

Watch the most intense dodgeball you'll ever see... Tues & Fri at 9pm on the tennis courts .

Pip Lafleur

Go people watching in the park . +2 points / stroller +3 points / dog +5 points / hipster or fashion victim + 10 points / mohawk -5 points for mohawk-mistaken-for-a-fohawk etc.

Simon Gosney

Beautiful Capitol Hill park for lying in the sun

ᴡ Santos

Watching bike polo on weeknights is super fun

Sunita Martini

Pretty place to walk around and get fresh air . Always full of pups playing around.

Taylor Winn

Great place to take pictures & people watch . Wait that came out creepy... I am not like that. ????

Chris Rae

This park is so quiet . Why not bring some speakers and everyone can listen to your awesome music collection?

S. Zorn

Want to chill out on the fake grass , play frisbee , or people watch ? This is the place!

Myyk Seok

Sit in the real grass , have people hit you with frisbee for a good time.

Joey Egbert

FREE YOGA IN THE PARK , TODAY FROM NOON TO 130. (7/31) SPONSORED BY THE YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE. ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ARE WELCOME. COME JOIN IN ON THE FUN.

Andrew Bristow

I cut through the park as a short cut home and regretted it immediately, a lot of shady looking characters hanging around

Kristina Olsen

On a hot summer day the playground equipment is burning hot with not a drop of shade.

Rick Sheahan

Weed and finger blasting on a beach towel

Dennis L

Dodgeball - Wednesday nights 9pm

Th_Aviator

Best place to have lunch at work on a sunny day in Seattle !

James Le

Nice park ... nice place to enjoy the sunny weather

Joe Todd

Walking around to enjoy this beautiful day!

ELS Language Centers

Public park with a sports field , fountain , playground and lawn

Shaya Lyon

Great place to read and people-watch.

Akvile

HoOla hoOp, walk through, lay on the grass , play some fribee, or people watch , there is plenty to do!

Alaa Shaker

Grab some ice cream and watch a dodgeball game.

Jonny Young

hella pokestops and area to lay on the grass

Laura Olson

Walking your dogs? Beware of needles, humans sleeping in the foliage and remnants of puke and old food.

MD

Good for Pokémon go.

Pablo Trejo

Go there to see Bike Polo .

Corey Kimball

Pretty nice day out.

Mary S

Great park

Trevor Flowers

Molly Moon ice cream , a book , the Sun, and people watching are the name of this game.

David Martin

Umm...the park

Davis Morgan

Shade trees .

Chad Sheffield

Find one piece of litter and put it in the trash.

Laurel Vorhies

Go to Cal Anderson Park and have a picnic on a warm sunny summer day!

Paul Martin

Lying on the shaded grass is bliss

Kyler Endicott

When you wanna be in nature without being in nature

Shalimar Gonzales

Grab a burrito at the old KFC and have yourself a mini picnic .

Jake Harlow

Hey Mark! Don't forget you can hoop too!

Orion

Beautiful days good for wading! Poop around it.

Erin Wetzel

Parking is pricey

Mark MacKenzie

where it all began

Rob Eickmann

Go swimming in the pool!

Greg West

Wait!!!! That's not a pool!!!

Patrick Valenzuela

Make use of the public restrooms

Sean Irby

First scavenger hunt clue is under a bench ....

Nolan Foster

Warmest spot in Cap Hill

Matt Austin

Laughing yoga Sunday's at 11

Sean C.

Smile, you're on surveillance camera ... Read more

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The strawberry-balsamic in a fresh waffle cone is AMAZING!! - Tony White

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Super knowledgeable staff! Looks like a great spot for reading and grabbing a coffee with a friend or two. - L. T.

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Café
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American Fare, done clean & fresh. Good place to share. Delicious extra-dry cappuccino to close. - foreignfern