Lincoln Park (Seattle)

The park's attractions include forest trails, a paved walkway along the beach, athletic fields, picnic shelters, and a heated saltwater swimming pool which is open during the summer.

[14][15] In 1985 and again in 1988 the Army Corps of Engineers oversaw projects to stabilize the 1930s era seawall and protect Colman Pool and other structures at Williams Point.

[16] A follow on study by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service found that the projects had a detrimental effect on the intertidal ecosystem.

[18] A proposal to add a set of six pickleball courts to the park was rejected in 2024 after public outcry from local residents and conservationists, particularly birders.

The upland area includes open and forested portions, and is bordered to the west by a steep bluff that drops approximately 100 feet to the saltwater shoreline below.

Vegetation includes open lawn with trees, intact and invaded native forest, madrona groves, beach grass, and landscape beds.

A diver at Lincoln Park's Colman pool in 1950
Lincoln Park waterfront walk and beach