Carkeek Park
Seattle, WA
Carkeek Park's beach is reached by a pedestrian bridge over the BNSF railway, a sand and gravel shoreline that opens up into roughly 20 more acres of intertidal habitat at low tide. It's one of the better tide pooling spots in the city, backed by a 216-acre forested ravine with six miles of trails and a salmon bearing creek.
Well loved and genuinely distinctive for its tide pools, though it sits a bit further from the city center than Alki or Golden Gardens.
How we score beachesCross the pedestrian bridge at low tide for the best tide pooling; the exposed intertidal zone is where the real marine life shows up.
Free parking at the main lot.
A pedestrian bridge crosses the railway to reach the beach, flat but not paved the whole way.
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