Most visitors enjoy hiking the Loop Trail, which forms a circuit through forest, meadow, and shrub habitats around the upland portion of the park, and provides excellent views of Puget Sound. Elliott and Shilshole Bays are home to harbor seals and California sea lions, while the wooded areas support Townsend's chipmunks.
The Seattle Audubon Society has compiled a checklist of 270 species of birds seen in the park and nearby waters. The park is one of the best places in the city to view wildlife, especially birds and marine mammals. Both the FLHD and the lighthouse are on the National Register of Historic Places.įorests, beaches, prairies, and bluffs dominate the landscape of the park. The park is built on the historic grounds of Fort Lawton most of the Fort Lawton Historic District (FLHD) falls within the park (although an enclave within the district remains in military hands), as does the West Point Lighthouse.
The Discovery Park Loop Trail, designated a National Recreation Trail in 1975, runs 2.8 miles (4.5 km) through the park, connecting to other trails. A lighthouse is located on West Point, the westernmost point of the park and the entire city of Seattle, and on the south side of the North Beach strip is a sewage treatment plant, but it is almost entirely concealed from the marsh, beach, and trail. Daybreak Star Cultural Center is within the park's boundaries.
As the city's largest public park, it contains 11.81 miles (19.01 km) of walking trails.
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