It features a 1.25-mile (2.01 km) long bicycle and walking path and is a good place to see eagles, gulls, and crows.

The Olympic Sculpture Park, part of Seattle Art Museum, opened on the southern end in 2007.

The BNSF Railroad tracks and a fence run along the long, narrow park's eastern side.

These obstacles make it difficult to enter the park except at the northern and southern ends.

[2] A pedestrian/bicycle overpass at West Thomas Street (47°37′13″N 122°21′43″W / 47.6202°N 122.3620°W / 47.6202; -122.3620), approximately 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) from the park's southern end, was constructed in 2012 to address these concerns.