苏厄德公园 (Seward Park) 自西雅图东南环拥整个延伸到华盛顿湖的半岛，其地峡和陆地面积沿湖岸绵延。公园面积达 300 英亩，其中包括 120 英亩的未开发天然林，这是西雅图市最大的成熟原始天然林。十九世纪九十年代早期，此半岛就公认为可开发成公园。这是由著名的奥姆斯特德兄弟于 1903 年拟议的西雅图公园体系计划的重要组成部分。1911 年西雅图市获取该地域后，奥姆斯特德公司将苏厄德公园设计为景区林荫大道系统的压轴景观，沿湖向北绵延数英里。现在，该公园已经成为一个重要的城市保护 区，它是许多受保护的植物和动物种群的乐园，如白头鹰、奥里根白栎（华盛顿唯一的天然白栎）。苏厄德公园拥有绵延数十英里的登山步道、沿湖岸线的 2.4 英里自行车和步行小径、海水浴场、圆形露天剧场、艺术工作室、由国家奥杜邦协会和西雅图公园及娱乐部门共同经营的环境中心，以及雷尼尔山的壮丽景色。
苏厄德公园（西雅图）
- By Cassandra Tate
- Posted 9/03/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3141
Sources:
Donald Sherwood, "Seward Park -- History," December 3, 1973, in Sherwood Park History Files, Seattle Parks and Recreation website accessed August 2010 (http://www.seattle.gov/PARKS/history/sherwood.htm); Arthur Lee Jacobson, "Tall Tales from the Northwest: Best Trees of Seattle," Arthur Lee Jacobson website accessed August 2010 (www.arthurleej.com); Paul Talbert, "The History of Seward Park," Seattle Friends of Seward Park website accessed August 2010 (www.sewardpark.org); "Seward Park Comprehensive Trail Plan," May 1, 2009, Seattle Parks and Recreation website accessed August 2010 (http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/environment/seward_park_trail_plan.pdf); Buzz Anderson, "Seward Peninsula Has Rich History," Beacon Hill News and South District Journal, August 1, 2001, p. 1; Kathy Mulady, "City Celebrates Park Pioneer Olmsted," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 2, 2003 (www.seattlepi.com); "Seward Park -- The Pride of Rainier Valley," Rainier Valley Citizen, December 29, 1915, p. 23; Sherry Stripling, "Seeds of Renewal," The Seattle Times, March 31, 2005 (www.seattletimes.nwsource.com).
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