Gorgeous view of Lake Washington and many paths covered with large trees. Relaxing. Easy parking.

Best kept secret. Clean, Sandy, and grassy beach with wide drop off for smaller kids to enjoy with parents and older kids can swim and play with lifeguard chairs set about 25ft apart. Big grassy area to lay down, dry off, picnic or just enjoy the beautiful, friendly wildlife. Plus, clean and accessible showers and restrooms. Also lots of benches n tables passed the playground with bbq grills.

Not over populated! Bathrooms available, Great access to water and to get your feet wet. Small play ground for children, with slides, marry go round, climbing wall, rope, and swings. Nice cement paths for walks.

Nice beach! First time experience here was for the Polar Bear Plunge. I would love to visit here for the summer for sure! They have showers and lockers available inside the restrooms. Parking is ample but can get right for events like the plunge. I noticed people just parked all along the street, right squeeze tho since narrow roads. Overall such a beautiful park and beach. The play area has a variety for kids to enjoy.

My favorite beach in Seattle! Nestled upon the shores of fresh-water Lake Washington, this beautiful Park offers Splendid unrestricted panoramic vistas of both the lake and the Cascade mountain range. What a beautiful spot to enjoy our beautiful Northwest sunrises!!

Great place, peace and quiet. Little sand area for the kids, but the waterfront has no sand, so its perfect to sit without getting sandy. My new spot.

Loved visiting this beach park. Parking spots are fairly limited but you can park on the street a little further away and walk to this park if the designated parking spots get filled up. This park has atleast 1-2 miles of walking trails with lush greenery all around the walking trails. Kids have a play area ik one corner of the park.

I mean its fine. Lots of families and kids. If youre looking to flaunt your steez you may want to choose another location.

There is a lake. There are ducks. Just an awesome plaxe6

Beautiful park on the water...Lots of trees and fall colors

The park and Beach is beautiful a great place to take a walk or bike ride on the trails. Also standing by the water was great such a Beautiful place in tge summer time.

Great Neighborhood/Public lakeside Park. Large children recreation spot. Very family friendly.

Groups are distancing pretty good on the south end of the park. Water is great!

So many good people there and good for kids to learn to swim and have fun not deep at first then gets deeper and it has picnic tables

Lesser known beach on the waterfront. Beautiful view and good grassy area to sit on

It really is really beautiful here! BUT...they closed the parking lots like AFTER the pandemic passed. They also locked the bathrooms...not uncommon...BUT...it makes no sense whatsoever that they replaced them with a couple of porter potties. Dont bother going in them. Theyre both full, havent been replaced in at least two months and can be smelt from like a mile away. Good job, Seattle City Government.

Nice little park with lots of space to set up a picnic next to the water.

Nice place to enjoy fresh air, and has amazing views of lake Washington and the mountains. Love it

Im lucky to have this gem of a park in my neighborhood. Its quite quiet and peaceful if you visit during the colder months. Crowded in the summer since families tend to come here to swim. I love the view here. It has a good amount of parking spaces too.

Way too small. Typical mix of downtown Seattle addict/dealer types mixed with local neighborhood snobs. Magnuson has a much much larger beachfront and better quality of people.

Well the beach is (we all know why) but they have a really big and cool. kids play area,plus lots of picinic tables that are seperated. And in the shade of tall trees.

An excellent beach park thats great for families. One side of the park has a lot of duck poop, as mentioned in other reviews but the other side is cleaner.Theres the usual play area for kids, basketball, small trails, restrooms, picnic spots. The highlight is the small beach with great views. I would recommend on a summer evening to jump into the water!We found parking very easily on the 4th of July in the evening but I think it may get crowded.

This is a classic neighborhood park growing up in N Seattle. Seemed so much bigger as a kid. Good sized neighborhood park, and beach front to enter Lake Washington. Bathrooms are closed since Covid so there are portable toilets only. I stil use this park as a good stopping point on the Burke Gilman.

Busy, but spacious and well kept. Clean, nearby facilities, a playground and a beach as well as plenty of picnic spots and grills. Plan ahead and carpool because parking can be hard to come by on weekends!

Nice little park with lake access to spend evening with friends and family..

Great beach park to hang out and watch the sunset.

This park has my favorite beach to swim at, good play structures (but not great), and a decent amount of open green space, too.Also, connects to the Burke-Gilman trail.

A reborn post-apocalyptic scene with tall, unkepted grass, weeds strewn about. Small gatherings of people on blankets enjoying the watery scene as Canadian Geese woddle about. A refreshing change of pace on the once overly busy park where it was hard to sometimes find a place to sit. A good place to pit stop off of the bike trail or even drive to for a little RnR.

Lovely park, great place to bike, play or walk a dog. The beach is pretty, with a great view over the lake, the playground is excellent, with lots of play equipment for older kids and younger kids alike. There are swings, slides, a merry-go-round, a zip-line, and more. The trails are beautiful as well.

The park is well maintained, nice and quite. Besides of the kids’ playground, there’s also a basketball hoop stand, grass field, barbecue area, bike trail and a beach for swimming and boating as well. The restroom is close by the beach. Great for everyone! The only thing I dislike is bird poop everywhere.

I really enjoyed using one of the ofos to ride from my hotel to this park. The view there is absolutely amazing and as a park has every amenity you would expect.

Lots of open space to soak up sun. Nice grass area with sun and shade. A few grills.

Nice park. Everything is closed here but you can still come, ride your bike and picnic!

Im biased. Grew up swimming here. But they have kept it up and expanded it beautifully... although theres not much sand width to the beach area and I miss the trees that once lined and shaded close to the beach. Nice play area for kids. Bathroom left open all winter!! (Someone has some brains.) Lots of space/grass to play and wooded trails to walk.

Love the ambience and vibe here. But the grass is kinda full with ducks poop. Bring towels

Pretty cold today. Especially with the wind blowing off of Lake Washington . But, regardless, the park was as beautiful as usual.

Nice place. Is it true that there are bacteria in the water?

Love this park uppit can feed the squirrels and the birds from your hand

Threw smith, drank colt, feel great and we are on your way

Update: Currently only 1 of 2 parking lots open. Good options for spacing even on a crowded day- but not much mask wearing. Swimming but no lifeguard.

A winter walk along Matthews beach is bleak in a good way, like some poetry. Of course, a visit on a summers day, with beach umbrellas and crowds, is more festive. Our off season visit was restorative to the soul.

Bathrooms were closed in March, except the small individual ones. Beautiful spot.

Not to crowdef, parking nearby plus the burke gilman bike and walking trail runs through the area. Restrooms and picnic tables available.

Nice beach with playground!

Cute little beach flanked by the park. up the hill theres burke Gillman trail. still open

Great views. Parking lot is closed for lockdown so need to find something along sand point wy .

Nice little beach on the lake.Lots of groups of moms and kids.

One of my favorite places to stop when riding from Seattle to Bothell

Im happy parks are open. The park was clean, portable bathrooms availables.

Absolutely stunning beach, connected to the Burke Gilman trail. Picnicking, swimming in the summer, and great views year round.

A lot of friendly people. Nice vibes

Lovely. Had fun walking my puppy around and loved to see her jump into the water for her very first time. Great park.

Great place to chill no matter the season. Cool n crisp water to swim in during the summer with plenty of shade and spots to bar-b-q. Fall/Winter offer peace and tranquility and the Burke/Gilman is also attached to the park making for easy access no matter your mode box transportation.

Good place to spend the day love it.

We love this beach! Watch out for the goose poop though!

Lovely little beach park. Has a few more forested sections as well as a playground and plenty of open fields. Connects to the Burke-Gilman Trail and has plenty of parking available. Quiet and peaceful, great spot for a lunch picnic.

Its a hidden with great views

Nice groomed grass and trees to sit under easy access to lake and good amount of parking.

Nice picnic spot with lake access

A great little place to take your kids to. A small sandy shore right by the water, with several lifeguards on duty. The water seemed clean and warm. Bathrooms available. Paved walking trails. A fun playground for the kids, ages 2+, in my opinion.

I love this place!

Fun family beach. Took a bbq

Super cute spot! Watch out for poo-bombs!!

Great place for picnic dinner! Prepared picnic dinner for our monthly father-daughter date. The park was not crowded, picnic tables located throughout park. Enjoyed having a nice place to spend time with my adult daughter.

This place was covered in so much geese poop that you literally couldnt find a spot to walk/sit on that was clear. The parking was fine when we went but I could tell that on a busy summer day it would be extremely limited. Also there wasnt any sandy beach area really. If there was less poop I would have rated it higher but I had to follow my son so closely to make sure he wasnt picking it up, crawling on it, trying to eat it, etc.

Great playground with wonderful water views. Its of the beaten path so not as busy as some other parks.

Disappointed that the beach was closed but the park is nice

A hidden gem. Dont want to give it too high of a rating so it wont get too crowded.

Went with my friends-- a little offshore there is a platform with diving boards on it. Theres a lot of kelp in the water but it is like 7 feet down so you wont get tangled in it unless you want to. The beach is gravelly and there is a shower station not far from the beach. There is also a playground nearby, with swings, slides, and monkey bars. Is accessible by foot, bike, or car. Many paved trails nearby, with many blackberries in the summer. 5/5 would totally recommend to others! Great place for a picnic.

Nice and quit place early morning to have cofee and chill

Theres another algae outbreak so you cant swim️

Has rest rooms, reasonable parking space and picnic tables and a childrens play area.

Mathews Beach is a very nice park which is also quite popular and directly on the Burke Gilman Trail. Parking can be difficult during the summer but is no problem off season.

A quaint and cute little beach park. My friends jumped into the water there on a sunny summer evening! There was minimal duck/goose poop when we went. The bathrooms were closed when we went, but the outside shower was still working and had hot water for my friends after jumping.

This is suck a beautiful beach

Small park with not much parking but clean

I am from Arizona and I come here a couple times of year to dog-sit for my daughter. I have always loved coming to this beach park. But this time I was a little disappointed with the homeless parked down at the park. I dont feel that safe anymore. But I love the park!

Parking is limited beach is presently closed to swimming.

A nice beach on Lake Washington with a bath house and great playground. There is a raft for diving, with lifeguards present for safety. The parking is limited and is definitely a problem when its nice outside. There is also a large amount of goose poop in the grassy areas which limits the picnic space. The bath house is not well maintained and is often quite often a mess. In spite of the few downsides, its a great place for a family outing. The water is usually warm enough to swim, there is plenty of area to throw down a blanket where the geese havent been, and kids of all ages can find an activity that interests them.

Beautiful and deceptively spacious.

I love this place! Great for kids and families, there is beach access, a playground, and trails to walk.

Beautiful beach, sadly the bathroom were closed and, I had to rush to find another place.

Beautiful and peaceful!

Love this beach on Lake Washington! They have a creek, open fields, playground, lifeguards in the summertime, bathrooms, picnic tables, and a swing set.

Just did a quick drop by with our boat. Nice little park on the lake!! Grassy area and beach well kept!

A nice beach area by lake Washington.Nice trails to walk on in the park.

Great place for a picnic with playground, access to the bike trail, beach, and grass. Parking fills up early on sunny weekends - consider walk/bike/transit to get there. Has two all-gender restrooms.

Very nice hidden little beach. They also have lifeguards during some hours and a netted off beach area. Bathrooms are also available and a small kids play area. In recent times there has been some bacteria in the water you can check the status online before you head.

Its okay to be there. The park is big enough though parking space is limited. Kids have easy access to water. I didnt saw any playarea for toddles though.

This is a very nice beach park. You can actually get in the water. Theres even a diving board on a platform in the lake. We barbequed on a park grill, took the kids to the park playground, and played frisbee. Good, clean, safe, fun.

Closed water access due to bacteria.

Beautiful and relaxing park!

Awesome family park / beach. Lifeguards on duty during summer. Lots of picnic tables and a playground area for the kids.Close to burke Gilman bike trailRestrooms here ( shower area only open during summer time)Parking hereWheelchair accessible withpaved walk way !!Overall a great park for all to enjoy !!This location gets packed when the weather is nice out.

A lot of duck/geese poop around. I think we can all understand that thats inevitable. Playground is nice. Bathrooms need some cleaning, but thats due to the regular bums everywhere

Nice, clean place! A place to swim. Lifeguard currently on duty. Picnic tables! However, the bathroom must stay open...

Clean and quiet, for the most part

We go here every summer!!!

Nice park with a very nice playground. The beach access isn’t as great as other local parks because there are lots of gross geese and ducks

Great beach with public restrooms and a dock with diving board. Plus good view.

Nice, small family beach. Lifeguards keep it safe and its clean.