Camp Long – Seattle WA

City:
Seattle, WA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Golf Courses

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Camp Long is a 68-acre park in West Seattle. The park was constructed with WPA help starting n 1937. It was dedicated in 1941. WPA work in the park includes extensive rock work, the construction of a golf course, cabins and lodges and the first climbing wall in the world (see separate page on Schurman Rock).

Source notes

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camp-Long-ELC/116733478363110?sk=page_map https://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=7156 https://www.seattle.gov/parks/history/sherwood.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 26, 2013.

Location Info

5200 35th Avenue Southwest
Seattle, WA 98126

Coordinates: 47.557433659744945, -122.37359541271974

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