Me-Kwa-Mooks Park, Seattle

Name: Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
Address: Seattle, United States

#240 among attractions in Seattle

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Me-Kwa-Mooks Park is a 20.2-acre public park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA. Me-Kwa-Mooks, meaning "shaped like a bear's head" and pronounced sbuh-KWAH-buks in Nisqually, was what the Duwamish tribe called the West Seattle peninsula when the first European-American settlers landed at Alki in 1851. ()

Elevation: 210 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 47°33'43"N, 122°24'5"W

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West Seattle (Alki Point)Seattle United States

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Me-Kwa-Mooks Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alki Point Lighthouse, West Seattle, Alki Point, Schmitz Park Bridge.

1.3 miNW
Vernacular architecture, Lighthouse
Alki Point Lighthouse, Seattle
35 min walk • The Alki Point Light is an active aid to navigation located on Puget Sound's Alki Point, the southern entrance to Seattle's Elliott Bay, King County, Washington. It is listed as Alki Point Light number 16915 in the USCG light lists.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
West Seattle, Seattle
18 min walk • West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River.
1.3 miNW
Neighbourhood
Alki Point, Seattle
34 min walk • Alki Point is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the West Seattle district of Seattle, Washington. Alki is the peninsular neighborhood on Alki Point. Alki was the original settlement in what was to become the city of Seattle.
1.1 miN
Bridge, Park
Schmitz Park Bridge, Seattle
27 min walk • The Schmitz Park Bridge is a 175 ft concrete-box bridge that spans a ravine in Seattle's Schmitz Park. Built in 1936, the structure is both listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated city landmark.
0.9 miN
Park
Schmitz Park, Seattle
22 min walk • Schmitz Park, also known as Schmitz Preserve Park, is a 53.1-acre park around 15 blocks east of Alki Point in West Seattle, Washington. It features Schmitz Park Creek and one of the last stands of old-growth forest in the city.
0.8 miE
Neighbourhood
Genesee, Seattle
20 min walk • Genesee is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. It extends north from SW Genesee St. to SW Charlestown St. and west from 46th to 56th Avenues SW. The neighborhood includes Ercolini Park and the new Genesee Hill Elementary School. It should not be confused with Genesee Park, in Rainier Valley.