Parks and Open Spaces Archives - Page 4 of 6 - Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

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Tucked into the southern end of Bellevue, this park includes 320 acres of wetlands and meadows with five miles of trails for nature walks, canoe trips, and bird watching. A partnership between the Pacific Science Center and City of Bellevue Parks Department, the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center provides year-round education and hands-on learning...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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This park has metal ramps on concrete. Features include an eight-foot halfpipe and street course.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Parks and Open Spaces

This place called Preston and its surrounding areas in the Snoqualmie Valley have an ancient history. Long before the mill and town were established, this land has been home to sdukʷalbixʷ, the Snoqualmie People, who since time immemorial have hunted, fished and lived in this land and continue to live in the valley to...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas

900 W 3rd Ave, Ellensburg

West Ellensburg Park has large trees that offer a good windbreak, a large picnic shelter, a full-sized baseball field, pickleball courts, and a play structure.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Railroad Park showcases a massive old growth Douglas Fir log sheltered underneath a preserved Weyerhaeuser Mill building. It also offers a gazebo with picnic tables and historic gardens and interpretive signs about the history of Snoqualmie.

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Urban Communities

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This amazing Seattle city park contains miles of trails, beaches, old growth forest, a native plant garden, boat launch options, and more! The lobe of Seward Park is a distinctive peninsula in Lake Washington and home to a rare urban patch of old growth forest. The Coast Salish referred to the peninsula as “skEba’kst”...

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Snoqualmie Valley

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This park at the confluence of the North, South, and Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River preserves fish and wildlife habitat and offers an astounding up-close view of Mount Si. An eight-acre, mowed, and off-leash dog park provides open space with water access for running dogs of any size.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Once part of a prairie tended by the Snoqualmie People, today Meadowbrook Farm Park includes farmland, wildlife habitat, trails, and interpretive facilities. The open space of Meadowbrook Farm and the nearby Tollgate Farm was originally an expansive prairie tended by the Snoqualmie people, who used fire to maintain open non-forest habitat. Periodic burns encouraged...

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Urban Communities

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Tucked within a vast arboretum in a fast-growing city, the Seattle Japanese Garden attracts over 85,000 visitors annually. It is beloved both by local area residents and by garden-lovers from countries around the world.

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Urban Communities

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Parks and Open Spaces, Trails

Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park encompasses 120 acres of evergreen forest located on the Sammamish Plateau. The lush forest of Douglas firs and western hemlocks provides an excellent backdrop for a mountain bike park and miles of hiking trails.