Meydenbauer Beach Park

Beautiful park. We even had some fish swimming around our toes in the shallow area!

Especially now that the weather is nice, get here early before it gets crowded. You will want to find a spot away from the playground, to avoid noise, if you’re like me and looking for a place just to lay out and get some sun.
It’s a nice park that has a small playground for the kids. And there is a dock that you can walk out on, and or jump from into the water. Just know that the water can get dirty, so I personally don’t like swimming here, but many others do.
You can reserve the spot with the picnic tables and grill for private parties.

Hidden little park under a bridge. Stumbled across it while walking over that bridge — seems like a good place to go in the summer for a picnic by the water. Bit of a walk back, somewhat steep.

This is a small park that could be tricky to find if you don’t know where it is. It is worth it though! I found this small park on the beach to be quite peaceful and pretty on a sunny day. There is a playground for the kids, a small area with sand right on the water, and a dock to walk out on and enjoy the view of the water. There are plenty of walking trails around and within the park. It is not a huge spot, but a really nice little spot to take in the sun and enjoy the water.

Believe Downtown Park is one of my favorite outdoor spaces in all of Bellevue, but Meydenbauer is nipping at it’s heels. MBP gives you a little bit of everything; grass, play spaces for the kids, and of course, water. As the other reviewers have mentioned, it’s quite easy to drive past the entrance of the park if you don’t know where to look. Important tip: Parking spots are at a premium, so if you decide to walk down to the park from say Believe Square, it won’t take you more than five minutes. It’s going to be quite a steep walk back up the hill coming up from the bottom of the park, but hey, you’re already outside, might as well enjoy the exercise.

Gorgeous little waterfront park. Not a lot of parking available but it is also a super quick walk from the shopping center. It wasn’t super busy so it was a great place to just sit down and read and relax. I highly recommend it!

I came here to practice open water swim with my friends after trail running in Cougar! This is my first open water session. And, I will do my first triathlon sprint in two weeks! This is really last minute!
This beach is part of Lake Washington. Surprisingly, it’s close to Downtown Bellevue. Small park but there’s blocked swimming area with life guards and outdoor shower facility. Parking is very limited but you can find street parking in the neighborhood streets if needed.
You can tell who are the regular outdoor swimmers because they can swim in the water without a wetsuit., not like me, with a wetsuit on and still had problem :-P

Shady Bellevue.
Meydenbauer Beach Park is a park on the shores of Lake Washington near Bellevue Marina. It is just a few blocks to the west of Bellevue Square. The entrance to the park is not actually by the water. Instead, the entrance is a block up the street and you walk down a road to get to it.
There is a good handful of parking spots here, but it is relatively limited. Hence, you may need to park on the street near the park instead. After walking down the road, you will notice a very serene park full of trees above. One part of the park lies below the underpass of a street bridge above.
When you reach the water, you will find amenities like a children’s playground and showers. There are also a few benches if you don’t want to lie on the grass by the water. My beef with this park is that it dares call itself a «beach park». Beaches should have sand and this one does not. The sunbathing area is also quite small.
I didn’t really like this park. It is a bit of a weird place. It seems like a place in which hooligans would come to do stupid stuff since it is a secret garden/​park of sorts with trees covering most of it. It does have the feel of a rendezvous point which seems like a more appropriate name than «beach park».
If you do come here, make sure to bring bug spray as there was insects flying about all over. And if you come here by foot, be prepared for a steep incline walk back up to the main street. A walk that I think was not worth the trouble.

What an adorable little park. The walk down to the water is hidden and long, but well worth it. There’s a small beach area, which gets very crowded during the weekend, but it’s a lovely bit of water to practice swim laps or splash around with kids on a hot hot day.
The lifeguards are there from 9am — 7pm, so the adventurous ones could go any time outside of that range to swim outside the lines, literally.
I came after a long hot run along Lake Washington Blvd and it was the perfect place to go for a dip, without a lot of boat traffic to worry about.

This park is alright with me. The trails leading down are a little steep, but once you get down you can see good views of Lake Washington, and lots of very expensive boats (remember, there’s a lot of rich people living along the immediate part of Lake Washington in this area of Bellevue). Beach is quite small, so it’s not as great as going to the Puget Sound of course, but the park is not noisy at all. You can also head East to Downtown Park and then go on the Lake to Lake Trail toward Wilburton, Kelsey Creek Park etc.

Quiet, hidden, but well equipped with restrooms, 2 handicapped parking spots close by, playground and swimming lanes off the dock. Impressive little makeout spot with views of Meydenbauer Bay. Cool find just a short walk from Downtown Park. Detecting spiderwebs, Monkey spontaneously practiced ninja moves when taking the steps between the trees.

Walking down from the parking lot, there are many trails to explore and the landscaping is elegantly done. Now, most people, I believe, come to this park on nice sunny days, I was there during a rain storm taking pictures. I must say, I had the park to myself, except for the 3 life guards who were there hoping for people in the water. It was a little funny as everytime I walked on the dock, the lifeguard, all bundled up, was close by. Did she really think I would fall in? I guess better safe than sorry.
This park offers a well lifeguarded area, a place for kids to play in the sand, lanes to lap swim, multi layers of grass area to throw a blanket and read and nice clean restrooms.
This park is a gem! Take a picnic, bring the kids, or not and enjoy a relaxing day.

Great small beach park! The beach may be a bit small but there are other things to consider: lifeguard dock, benches, lounging grass, and a playground. The view of meyernbauer Bay is lovely.