[1] The lower portion of the park is divided between wetland marsh and beach (on Puget Sound), and situated north of the Shilshole Bay Marina.

The Sound is cut off from the open ocean for more than a hundred miles, sheltering the park from severe weather.

[2] Golden Gardens is well known for the birds that live or migrate there: The mallards and Canada geese are habituated to humans, and have been known to attack visitors.

The double switchback road that leads up from Golden Gardens Park was used as a special Seattle demonstration stage for the 1987 Olympus Pro Rally.

[3] Cars were staged from the Shilshole Bay Marina parking area (Seaview Avenue) and finished at the top of the ridge on Golden Gardens Drive.