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Beach park · Newport

Newcastle Beach Park

Bellevue's largest beach park, a 29-acre Lake Washington site with a sandy swim area, 300-foot dock and nature trail.

29 acres
Acreage

Newcastle Beach Park is a 29-acre park on Lake Washington in south Bellevue and the city's largest beach park. Its centerpiece is a sandy swimming beach with a roughly 300-foot dock extending into the lake.

The park is staffed with lifeguards from late June through Labor Day during the summer swim season and offers extensive picnic facilities, lawns and shade. A three-quarter-mile nature trail loop winds through wooded wetland habitat away from the shoreline.

Its combination of a large protected swim area, generous picnic space and easy lakefront access makes it one of the most heavily used summer destinations in Bellevue's parks system.

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Sports park

Bannerwood Sports Park

Lake Hills

A 12.65-acre Bellevue sports park anchored by a tournament-quality lighted baseball stadium with stands and concessions.

Type
Sports park
Acreage
12.65 acres
Features
Lighted baseball stadium, concessions, stands
Trailhead / nature area

Bellefields Trailhead at Mercer Slough Nature Park

South Bellevue

The east-side entrance to Mercer Slough, where the Bellefields and Heritage loop trails wind through upland forest, wetland and meadow.

Bellefields Loop
0.8 mile
Heritage Loop
1.1 mile
Part of
Mercer Slough Nature Park
Botanical garden

Bellevue Botanical Garden

Wilburton

Free 53-acre botanical garden on Wilburton Hill with nine display gardens, including one of America's largest public perennial borders.

Acreage
53 acres
Opened
1992
Admission
Free
Public park

Bellevue Downtown Park

Downtown

Bellevue's signature 21-acre downtown park, ringed by a half-mile promenade, canal and waterfall around a 10-acre open lawn.

Acreage
21 acres
Central lawn
10 acres
Promenade
Half mile