Hamlin Park

Pretty solid park, I take my dog here about once a week. While the trails are in very good shape, there are a ton downed trees blocking the paths. Just a little chainsaw work and these trails would be my dog and I’s favorite to run in the area.

Hamlin Park has quickly become my favorite, as well as my boyfriend’s favorite, park in our area. It is a few blocks further than Northcrest park but muuuuch bigger so it’s worth the extra walk! Our dogs like both but they are definitely a bit more tired after we take them to Hamlin (always a perk).
There’s a huge grassy field as well as a baseball diamond, kids playground, and bathrooms. The grassy field is great to have the dogs run around but the baseball diamond gets pretty gross when it gets wet so I wouldn’t suggest any impromptu games. The playground is fun to play on even as an adult. I have seriously injured myself on one of the «Spinny things» so be careful! (I have no clue what to call those things)
Around the outside of the field, baseball diamond, and playground is the trail and forest. It is always beautiful there, always. The trees are tall and if you walk into the forest about 50 yards from the road, you can’t hear the cars anymore. It’s rarely a very busy park but you will probably see other people there during your walk/​bike/​run. There are some slightly secluded areas as well as picnic areas with tables. Hamlin park is filled with stunning scenery in a convenient area. I love it ^*^

In Washington State it isn’t uncommon to find pieces of nature plopped in the middle of urban life. What makes Hamlin Park special is it’s ability to bring a specific piece of nature to you in spades, the forest. At Hamlin Park you can enjoy the trees without worrying about what scrapes at your knees. Most of the brush at this park is cleared away allowing for pleasant off path strolls beneath towering evergreen giants.
Overall a great place for running, light off road biking, field games (baseball, soccer etc), strolls, play dates or enjoying the evergreens.

Love this park, it’s good for a walk and it’s got a cute playground. Great baseball fields.
People don’t always keep their dogs on a leash, and don’t always clean up after them. Other than that this park is a wonderful little forest.

My dog and I agree that this is our MOST favorite place to come walkies! We have hiked, walked and explored every square inch of this park. It’s hilly over here, and flat over there; has structured trails, or you can just disappear into the trees– it’s whatever you want/​need. I hardly ever bump into other people, have always felt safe and always leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. The dog always leaves smiling and exhausted. It’s clean, beautiful and serene. There’s a huge playing field, a playground, a picnic area or two, or you can just go lose yourself among the trees. But don’t worry — you’re never really lost — follow any trail downhill and you’re back to the parking lot :)

Lovely urban oasis just a few miles from our house.
The great thing about this park is one you start walking in the trails it’s easy to forget you are just a few miles from the city. The tall trees and natural beauty acts as some serious nature therapy! We were both impressed with the trail’s conditions and abundance of walking at this park.
If we could improve something, I’d like to see a better trail map or at least more of them. My wife and I had some troubles finding this, but we’ll definitely be back!

I love that this park has two playgrounds a good distance apart, separating the big rambunctious kids from the littler ones. The giant stone spheres and huge cannons are a big hit with my 2-​year-​old. Plus he has hugged every tree in a 300-​foot-​radius of the tots playground. I haven’t explored the woods trails and am very excited to, yet worried about how long it will take if this tree-​hugging continues.

Perfect running trails, with my dog and alone. Great playgrounds to distract the kids!

Two kids playgrounds this is the simple one there is a hi tech one as well, They have a place for multiple Softball games to go on. Plenty of Hiking you can lost if you go off trail but that is the fun of Hiking sometimes

This is an awesome park. But if you bring your dog keep it on a leash. There are people who patrol the park and they give fat tickets for off-​leash violations!

Located in Shoreline, I went to this park a lot growing up. There is a ton of heavily wooded wide trails which are great for running if you are into cross country running. I, however, have never run on these trails in my life and spent the majority of my time at this park in the softball fields.
The best feature of this park is the fact that it is rarely crowded. There is plenty of parking and space for everyone. If I had a dog I would definitely take them for a walk on the trails or this would be a prime location for a game of capture the flag.

This is my daughter’s favorite park. It has a nice play area for toddlers as well as a separate area for older kids. The trails are nice too.
Best part is, it has plenty of parking spots.
I just love coming here. This park has lot to offer.

Great forested area perfect when it gets really hot. Love taking my 2 year old there to wear him out and to say hi to all the doggies. So nice to have a bit of wilderness so close. Spotted owls and wood peckers there which is always neat to see in real life.

This is an awesome park. I don’t live in the area, but I just spent the last 7 days walking two awesome dogs for friends of mine while they were on vacation. Every day I brought the dogs and they always had a great time.
The park was filled with other awesome dog owners, I never once stepped in dog poop, tons of space, well-​maintained wooded areas and trails. Great scenery and a great community space with tons of sports fields.
The ONLY thing keeping this park from at 5 star rating is a fenced area for dogs to run around off-​leash. That would have made it perfect.

I really like Hamlin Park. This evening I went for a nice walk along the wooded trails. The trails are well maintained, clean and have a peaceful feel to them. It’s a great to take your dog for a walk as I see plenty of people walking theirs.
The park also has nice big open grassy fields to play soccer, football, frisbee or to let your kids run around. There are baseball and softball fields, picnic areas, public restrooms and a playground for all the little ones.
I have been here a few other times to throw the football around until my arm was dead. That pain lasted a while. Haha. This park has a lot to offer and everyone can enjoy it.

this is a nice little park that had a lot to do with family, but my favorite part is the trails that you can take, I have noticed there are three. Also their are some geo changing in the area. The only thing I duo not like are the people with dogs because they expect you to always move and I am scared of them if they are big.

Today we wanted to spend some time in nature and ended up going to Shoreline and wandering around the trails of Hamlin Park.
Main thing I noticed was about how neglected this place looks and how much nicer it would be if some work was put into it. Both with garbage pick-​up (mostly in areas along the street) and environmental work (such as clean-​up and installation of whatever native plants would love it there).
Over-​all, though, I like trees and parks so… I’m a fan.

A wonderful spot on the eastern half of the little hamlet of Shoreline, which is just north of the Seattle city limits. Hamlin Park is a treasure for those who like plenty of parking, clean picnic areas, and a great ball field to bang the bat and ball around.
While I must say our last visit was a couple of summers ago, and the park was inhabited by scary looking «fantasy» D&D characters. The group about 20 of them kept to themselves, leather get ups, wooden swords, and helmets, all the while we watched in horror as they continued to beat each other up with «padded» weapons. I never knew medieval battles had «time out» for broken leather straps that kept the codpiece in place…
I assume this is not the «regular» crowd that gathers here, so I’ll just say, be forewarned…

This park is excellent for dog walking. It’s clean and forested. By far the largest group of users in the park is dog walkers. Don’t forget to pick up after your dog. Officially, the park is not an off-​leash area. If your dog begs for freedom, and you wish to grant it, beware of «Chris» the animal control officer.
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TERRITORY: Likes to prowl the parking lot.

Well established forested trails, play field, picnic shelters and few people. Its practically paradise! Cyclists can try the trails but its a fairly short ride and may not be worth the time.
Go. Picnic. Bird watch.