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Frink Park

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area
 47.5993, -122.2926 Map & Directions
Length
1.3 miles of trails
Elevation Gain
400 feet
Highest Point
300 feet
Rhododendron blooms at Frink Park. Photo by Anna Roth. Full-size image
  • Wildflowers/Meadows
  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Good for kids
  • Fall foliage
  • Rivers

Parking Pass/Entry Fee

None

Explore the vivid green ravine that makes up Frink Park. The network of trails connect Frink Park with the adjoining Leschi Park. Enjoy wandering beneath towering cedar trees, along the babbling creek and even through a rhododendron glen that blossoms in the spring. Continue reading

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Hiking Frink Park

Explore the vivid green ravine that makes up Frink Park. The network of trails connect Frink Park with the adjoining Leschi Park. Enjoy wandering beneath towering cedar trees, along the babbling creek and even through a rhododendron glen that blossoms in the spring.

Hike Description Written by
Claudia Lopez, WTA Community

Frink Park

Map & Directions

Trailhead
Co-ordinates: 47.5993, -122.2926 Open in Google Maps

Before You Go

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Parking Pass/Entry Fee

None

WTA Pro Tip: Save a copy of our directions before you leave! App-based driving directions aren't always accurate and data connections may be unreliable as you drive to the trailhead.

Getting There

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

There is parking at the adjoining Leschi Park. From downtown Seattle, take I-90 east and get off at the exit for Dearborn St. Continue on S Dearborn Street for a little over half a mile. Take a left onto Rainier Ave S, then a right onto S Lane St and a left onto 16th Ave S. Follow 16th Ave S for about 0.3 mile before turning right onto E Yesler Way.

Continue on E Yelser Way for about a mile. Then, take a left at 32nd Ave, and after about 200 feet, continue on as 32nd Ave becomes Lake Dell Ave. In around 0.3 mile, keep to the right as Lake Dell Ave becomes E Alder St. Continue on E Alder St for approximately 0.2 mile, then take a right onto Lk Washington Blvd. In a little over 300 feet, continue straight onto Lakeside Ave. Leschi Park will be on the left after about 0.2 mile. The hiking trails at Leschi Park will take you to Frink Park. 

TAKE TRANSIT

This trailhead is accessible by bus! Plan your visit by bus using TOTAGO, or consult the schedules for King County Metro route number 14 or route number 27.

Route 14 stops at S Jackson St & 30th Ave S which is nearby two trailheads that lead into Frink Park. Route 27 has a stop at Lakeside Ave S & E Yesler Way at the adjoining Leschi Park.

More Hike Details

Trailhead

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

City of Seattle

Guidebooks & Maps

Urban Trails - Seattle (Craig Romano - Mountaineers Books)

Discovering Seattle Parks: A Local’s Guide (Westerlind – Mountaineers Books)

Friends of Frink Park Map: http://www.frinkpark.org/

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