RAVENNA PARK (SEATTLE)

'Ravenna Park' and 'Cowen Park' comprise a single contiguous recreation and green space in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington in the United States. These public parks encompass the ravine with a maximum depth of 115 ft (35 m) through which Ravenna Creek flows. They are crossed from north to south by the Cowen Park Bridge, on 15th Avenue Northeast on the boundary between the two parks, and the 20th Avenue Northeast Bridge (also known as the Ravenna Park Bridge), closed to motorized traffic since 1975. Both bridges are on the National Register of Historic Places. The parks are mostly forested with native Western Hemlock, Bigleaf Maple and Coast Douglas-fir. Nonindigenous trees include Coast Redwood and Western Larch.

Ravenna Park contains 49.9 acres (20.6 ha) and was purchased from developers in 1911. Cowen Park covers 8.4 acre (3.5 ha). The current source of Ravenna Creek is the west face of the ravine along Brooklyn Avenue NE and a small wetland in the northwest corner, at NE 62nd Street.

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See also

★ Burke-Gilman Trail

★ Daylighting (streams)

★ Stream

★ Water resources

Further reading

★ "Cowen Park"

★ "Ravenna Park"

★ "Seattle Parks And Recreation City Landmarks"

★ Cowen-Ravenna Park Trail Map, Seattle Parks and Recreation.

★ Historic photographs of Cowen and Ravenna Park from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

★ High-resolution aerial image (Windows Live Local)