10 Best Things to Do With Kids at Seattle’s Discovery Park
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Puppet theater for kids inside Discovery Park's visitor center. Credit: Nancy Chaney
Discovery Park Environmental Learning and Visitor Center
Discovery Park’s Environmental Learning and Visitor Center reopened in 2022, after a long pandemic closure, but then it closed again. Extensive ADA improvements are wrapping up during fall of 2023 and the visitor center has reopened!
During open hours, Tuesday–Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., hit the visitor center to find clean restrooms, helpful staff, a drinking fountain, and great exhibits on the flora and fauna of the park. There’s also a family space that features a huge box of animal puppets and a puppet theater, providing super-fun entertainment for the kids.
Find it: The visitor center is located adjacent to the east parking lot. The tennis courts, playground and a few meadow areas are also found here on the east side of the park.
One note: Car prowlers are ruthless, in this and other parking lots of the park. Do not leave anything in your car, even in the trunk. (They’ll watch you from the bushes as you place items in your trunk and break your window to open the trunk, which, unfortunately, I know from personal experience. This scenario was confirmed as a regular occurrence by visitor center staff.)
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