Percival Landing Park

My favorite place for a sunset stroll or daytime relax by the sound. The playground is delightful. The best part is harbor days. Oh, how I wish to be a boat owner. someday. Eventually one grand money pit will be mine oh mine muahhahahah !

I’m going to keep this brief, but I love Percival Landing. It feels really safe to me because it’s slightly off «the strip». It’s a wonderful place to walk at all times of the day but I love to walk down here at night if I’m not walking around Capitol Lake or The Capitol Campus which are my other favorites. You can really catch some beautiful sunsets in the summer time when the gray clouds of rain that we all know too well in Washington aren’t hanging gloomily overhead. The reflection of the sunset on the water is amazing and there are several places to sit or stand quietly and just get your peace or watch boats or kayakers.

Pretty nice park… they have a place you can rent to hold gatherings… you can walk on the docks or venture into the downtown area and check out all the cute and interesting shops. Plenty of different restaurants in the area. They have a variety of statues and artwork and beautiful planters in the planters along the waterfront.

Boardwalk, boats, birds, docks, art, people and rain 9 months each year! Ok, scratch the last one and replace it with sunshine 3 months each year!
Percival Landing is one of the Capitol city’s gems. It’s the setting of your private constitutional or the venue of a weekend fair.

Great place to walk in the summer! And with the new playground, wonderful place for the kids to play!

Percival Landing is a nice walk during all times of the year. Fall is a very pleasant stroll extending from near Port Plaza all the way to the Bayview Thriftway. There are nice views of the boats, Olympia, and the temporary and permanent public art.
Much of the artwork displayed on Percival Landing is temporary (The Plinth Project) and is replaced every July. Among the permanent displays are The Kiss, Kojira II, South Sound Map (a mosaic), and Tide Pool of Time.
The Sandman is a fun vessel to photograph if you are ever in the vicinity.
Percival Landing hosts Harbor Days and the Wooden Boat Festival.

Percival Landing Park is not only a great park but the playground is in a fantastic location right next to the water in downtown Olympia. Children can play on all of the fun equipment and when they are done, they can enjoy walking on the boardwalk down to the Farmer’s Market while taking in the views of the boats along the way.

We loved our walk on the Boardwalk and viewing all the public art. Dinner at Budd Bay Café and then a walking tour of downtown, historic Olympia the next day. Very enjoyable.

I love all the remoding they have done at the water front, particularly pulling up non-​native plants and putting in native plants and lots of art. There are also more places to sit and a great play ground. The water front was always pretty because of the water, but now the landscaping is worth looking at too!