Page 15 – Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

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Named after the founder of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, this iconic downtown park sits on a lid above Interstate 5. It features a decorative fountain and provides a unique open space in downtown Seattle for residents, office workers, and visitor.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Campgrounds, Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas, Trails, Wildlife Information and Viewing Area

Washington’s first community forest offers striking views, recreation opportunities, and a chance to see conservation and sustainable forestry in action. Hikers, horseback riders, and mountain bikers may use the existing, unmaintained trails at their own risk until sanctioned trails are established through the Teanaway Community Forest Recreation Plan. The Teanaway Community Forest is home...

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Urban Communities

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Parks and Open Spaces, Trails

The state’s most popular hiking, biking, and equestrian trails wind through this 13,000 acre working forest and conservation area. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources manages Tiger Mountain for recreation, for native plant and animal habitat, and as a working forest to provide funds for public services.

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Urban Communities

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

The Burke features the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest – Northwest Native art, birds, fossils, logging tools – you name it and one of the Burke’s education programs or exhibits can tell you about it. Located on the University of Washington Campus, the Museum always has something new to teach, in...

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Parks and Open Spaces, Trails

Dozens of hiking and horseback riding trails run through 3,000 acres of forests and wetlands. Mine shafts and concrete foundations from 19th century coal mining can still be seen.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Museums and Education Centers

The Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum’s mission is to reflect the natural history and human activity in the Preston, Fall City, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Cedar Falls, and vicinity.

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas

This 410-acre farm and open space property preserves important agriculture, wildlife, open space, archaeological, and historic resources. The site includes a playground, trails, playfields, picnic areas, a farmstead, and a 1904 Queen Anne farmhouse. The open space of Tollgate Farm and the nearby Meadowbrook Farm was originally an expansive prairie tended by the Snoqualmie...

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Trails

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest,

The Swauk Forest Discovery Trail is only open to hikers. The trailhead has a large information kiosk, and interpretive stops along the trail describe forest ecology and forest management techniques.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas, Trails, Wildlife Information and Viewing Area

Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Kittitas County

This popular destination offers a 1.2-mile ADA-accessible loop trail and great views of the peaks of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Photographers, picnickers, beginner hikers, and (in the winter) snowshoers enjoy the area. What’s now a beautiful pond once served as a gravel excavation pit for construction of the Sunset Highway and 1-90. That excavation...

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Snoqualmie Valley

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Trails

Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, King County

This trailhead, just off I-90, provides access to Section I of the Pacific Crest Trail, between Snoqualmie Pass and White Pass.