Page 9 – Mountains To Sound Greenway Trust

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Ellensburg

This special place has become a favorite refuge for Central Washington University students to relax and grab a moment away from hectic college life. Japanese landscape architect Masayuki Mizuno designed the space, dedicated to late CWU President Donald L. Garrity.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas

The popular Mountain View / Lions Park in Ellensburg has swings, a large picnic shelter, soccer and baseball fields, two climbing structures (one for big kids one for little), and a roller hockey rink.

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Upper Yakima Basin

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Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas

This park has two playgrounds, a half court basketball court, a baseball field, the Mercer Creek restoration area, barbecue pits, and a picnic shelter.

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Urban Communities

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Museums and Education Centers, Parks and Open Spaces, Trails

Situated on Magnolia Bluff, Seattle’s largest park offers breataking views of Puget Sound as well as both the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. With protected tidal beaches, open meadow lands, sea cliffs, and forests, Discovery’s open space provides quiet and tranquility away from the stress of the city. The Discovery Park Environmental Learning Center offers...

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Urban Communities

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Museums and Education Centers

Located in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square district, this National Park Service museum commemorates the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Thousands of so-called “stampeders” passed through Seattle, loading up with provisions before continuing on via steamer to the Yukon. The attendant economic boom coincided with a massive surge in population: the city’s population grew from...

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Urban Communities

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Museums and Education Centers, Parks and Open Spaces, Trails, Wildlife Information and Viewing Area

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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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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Snoqualmie Valley

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Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites, Parks and Open Spaces

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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Museums and Education Centers, Parks and Open Spaces, Picnic or Day Use Areas, Trails

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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Parks and Open Spaces

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.