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O.O. Denny Park
1 review for O.O. Denny Park
I am totally floored that no one else has written a review for this great park!
We had some time to kill, and the temperature was near 96 degrees...so my brother-in-law suggested that we go to a local beach near his home...the O.O. Denny.
The O.O. Denny is located off of the Northeastern shore of Lake Washington. I read up a little on the history of the park and it wasnamed after Orion Denny, the son of Seattle founder Arthur Denny. It's a fascinating tale of money, conflict and drama, but the end result is that the area that was Denny's country estate was willed to the City of Seattle as a public park. There are a great many trails, and picnic areas as well as the waterfront. The park was slated to be closed in 2001, but the local residents of Finn Hill banded together and were able to save this beautiful park and maintain and manage it to this day with their tax money.
We were lucky to score parking in the main parking lot area and maneuvered our way through the grassy knolls, trails, etc with our chairs, towels, and coolers. The huge trees offered a lot of welcome shade, yet there are still huge areas to sunbathe and tan.
We spent about 3 hours playing in and on the edges of Lake Washington. It isn't a sandy beach...just tons of and tons of rock...we're light foots, so even in the water, we wore our flip flops. Trying to keep them on while swimming, was another story. Thank goodness they float!
One of the things that I can not get over about Seattle, is the simple acts of kindness that were bestowed upon us. People everywhere we went were so friendly, and here was no exception. Because we were visiting, we did not have any fun beach or water toys. People generously shared and offered theirs to us so that my son could enjoy them as well.
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