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 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.

[4] The Alki Point Monument memorializing Seattle's pioneer White settlers is also located in the park.

[citation needed] On June 27, 1959, reports of an unexploded naval mine caused the beach to be closed while police evacuated 1,000 people.

[5] This King County, Washington state location article is a stub.