Neighborhood in Seattle · King County
Magnolia
Magnolia combines a neighborhood village center and residential streets with public recreation around Magnolia Playfield.
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West Point Lighthouse in Discovery Park, photographed in 2007
West Point Lighthouse in Discovery Park, photographed in 2007
Creator: Joe Mabel
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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A village center, neighborhood recreation and the larger Discovery Park landscape
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About Magnolia
Magnolia combines a neighborhood village center and residential streets with public recreation around Magnolia Playfield. Discovery Park occupies a much larger bluff and shoreline landscape in another part of the neighborhood, while Magnolia Park provides a separate Puget Sound viewpoint along Magnolia Boulevard.
Recreation at the west edge of Magnolia Village
Magnolia Community Center stands at 2550 34th Avenue West, on the playfield at the west edge of Magnolia Village. The center was built in 1952 and renovated in 2025.
The adjoining recreation area stretches over several blocks, with fields, play areas and tennis courts. Mounger Pool shares the community-center block and operates seasonally in summer.
Discovery Park’s bluff, forest and shoreline
Discovery Park occupies much of the former Fort Lawton site on Magnolia Bluff. Its 560 acres include meadows, wooded areas, sea cliffs and tidal beaches, giving it a larger and more varied landscape than the neighborhood playfields.
West Point Lighthouse is a shoreline landmark that can be viewed from the South Beach Trail. Seattle Parks lists current trail projects and park information alongside its description of the former military site.
A separate viewpoint along Magnolia Boulevard
Magnolia Park is at 1461 Magnolia Boulevard West, on the bluff overlooking Puget Sound. Trees, picnic sites, a play area and tennis courts occupy this smaller public park.
Seattle Parks offers reservable picnic areas here.
Check these on a visit
Try these in person before you commit to an address in Magnolia.
- Locate Magnolia Village and the community-center/playfield area together on a neighborhood visit.
- Choose a Discovery Park trail destination separately from the village recreation facilities.
- Identify Magnolia Park on Magnolia Boulevard before setting out for its bluff-side viewpoint.
Neighborhoods and districts near Magnolia
The closest neighborhoods and districts in Seattle, measured center to center.
2.0 miBallardBallard’s older commercial center follows Ballard Avenue NW, while NW Market Street forms another main business corridor.
3.2 miQueen AnneQueen Anne’s hilltop streets have a neighborhood business district, while Kerry Park draws visitors to the southern slope for views over Seattle.
4.3 miCapitol HillCapitol Hill has several overlapping local centers, including Broadway, the Pike/Pine commercial corridor and Cal Anderson Park.
4.7 miUniversity DistrictSeattle’s University District brings together the shops and cafes of University Way NE, businesses along Roosevelt Way and the University of Washington campus.
7.6 miWest SeattleWest Seattle covers several neighborhoods, with the Alaska Junction’s businesses inland and Alki Beach along the shoreline.
9.1 miColumbia CityColumbia City’s historic center follows Rainier Avenue South, where older commercial buildings sit close to houses, apartments, churches and Columbia Park.
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- Village location, community center and adjacent recreationSeattle Parks — Magnolia Community CenterSource checked
- Playfields, courts and neighboring public facilitiesSeattle Parks — Magnolia PlayfieldSource checked
- Fort Lawton landscape, trails and tidal beachesSeattle Parks — Discovery ParkSource checked
- Magnolia Boulevard viewpoint and picnic areasSeattle Parks — Magnolia ParkSource checked
Photo credits
- West Point Lighthouse in Discovery Park, photographed in 2007Image credits and license
West Point Lighthouse in Discovery Park, photographed in 2007
Creator: Joe Mabel
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
Changes: Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped for display.