Ravenna Park (Seattle)
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Ravenna Park and Cowen Park comprise a single contiguous recreation and green space in the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. These public parks encompass the ravine with a maximum depth of 115 ft (35 m) through which Ravenna Creek flows. They are crossed by the Cowen Park Bridge, on 15th Avenue Northeast, and the 20th Avenue Northeast Bridge, closed to motorized traffic since 1975. The former bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on the boundary between the two parks. The parks are mostly forested with native Western Hemlock, Bigleaf Maple and Coast Douglas-fir. Nonindigenous trees include Coast Redwood and Western Larch.
Ravenna Park contains 49.9 acres (20.6 ha) and was purchased from developers in 1911. Cowen Park covers 8.4 acre (3.5 ha). The current source of Ravenna Creek is the west face of the ravine along Brooklyn Avenue NE and a small wetland in the northwest corner, at NE 62nd Street.
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[edit] Further reading
- "Cowen Park". Seattle Parks and Recreation (2004-11-24). Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
- "Ravenna Park". Seattle Parks and Recreation (2005-08-01 updated). Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
- "Seattle Parks And Recreation City Landmarks". Park History : Historic Landmarks. Seattle Parks and Recreation (2005-01-13 updated). Retrieved on 2006-08-06.
- Cowen-Ravenna Park Trail Map, Seattle Parks and Recreation.
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
- Historic photographs of Cowen and Ravenna Park from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
- High-resolution aerial image (Windows Live Local)
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