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Best Seattle-Area Places to Embrace Bad Weather With Kids

9 Puget Sound-area parks for reveling in wind, fog, clouds and rain

Fiona Cohen
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Published on: February 03, 2023

Best Seattle-Area Places to Embrace Bad Weather With Kids

Foggy scene with family walking amid the trees in Seattle's Discovery Park best places to see stormy weather with kids
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Discovery Park veiled in fog. Credit: Fiona Cohen

Discovery Park, Seattle

Weather to see: fog

Even on a windless day, fog never stays still. It undulates, moving closer and then suddenly shrugs away. For fun in the fog, head to Magnolia’s Discovery Park. Its grand, sloping south meadow is the perfect place to explore the moods of fog. Trees and distant figures fade in and out of sight as you and the fog move around. You can’t see where the path you are following goes or where it came from. 

Find it: 3801 Discovery Park Blvd., Seattle. To get to the south meadow most directly, park in Discovery Park’s south parking lot, accessible from West Emerson Street, and follow the trail that leads west from the parking lot entrance. Parking is free.

Pair with: Lots of other fun things to do with kids in Discovery Park, then warm up after with a delicious lunch or pastry from Petit Pierre Bakery in the Village.

Next stop: Kerry Park

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