Category: 175 Miles of Trails
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What is a Regional Trail anyway?
When you hear the word “trail” what comes to mind? Is it a winding dirt path under towering cedars, or a wide, paved path alongside a meandering river? Chances are the former comes to mind, but Regional Trails, the wide paved paths, are all over King County. Covering over 300 miles in our county, regional…
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Tukwila Opens New Ped Bridge
Tukwila elected officials, along with representatives from county, state, and federal agencies gathered this morning under cloudy skies to witness the official opening of the Southcenter Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge is a portion of a three part unveiling that included a King County Parks Mobility Connection project along Baker Blvd, the new Hotel Interurban/Airmark Apartment…
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Show us your favorite trail – and win!
Need a reason to get out and explore Your Big Backyard? Now, for the months of June and July, you can share photos on Instagram of your favorite places and win awesome prizes! Here’s our step-by-step guide: 1. Get outside! Visit any Regional Trail in King County (regional trails are the paved, wide trails like…
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Big Backyard 5K 2018 in photos
Thank you to all of our participants and partners for your support. Your involvement helps make your King County parks a better place. We appreciate your involvement and thank you for making Your Big Backyard that much more awesome. See you next year for the 10-year anniversary of BBY5K! More photos on our Flickr…
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Bike Everywhere Day 2018: Ducklings, rabbits and swag
Thank you everyone for coming out. Another great year of smiling faces, and randanimals (random animals – get it?)
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5 Ways to Bike Everywhere
Here’s 5 easy ways you can spend more time in the saddle, and less time stuck behind the wheel.
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Walking for Earth Month
So normally, my preferred mode of movement is on two wheels, but being that it’s Earth Month and walking apparently doesn’t emit any carbon pollution, I decided to try out this whole walking thing. Not really to get anywhere, but you know, for my health. Turns out — it’s not so bad. At first I…
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Have issues?
Safety issue or equipment in need of repair in any of our parks or trails? Use SeeClickFix our issue reporting tool. It can be accessed from your phone or desktop. You can report issues anonymously, or if you would like to be updated on the progress of your report, create a quick account. Once you have…
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Spring into Earth Month with a good cleaning
It’s getting sunny and I’m getting antsy to put some miles under my bike tires. This winter hasn’t been the most productive or pleasant for bike commuting, and I’m a little embarrassed to report I had a personal low and logged the fewest miles ever. But spring is here! Earth Day is April 22, and…
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Trail Update: Foothills
Regional trails connect people and places and provide access to views, green spaces, and experiences that both calm the mind and invigorate the senses. One great example of this is the Foothills Trail, which goes through both King and Pierce Counties. Once completed, the Foothills Trail will be a 21-mile-long, paved, non-motorized path for biking,…
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Bikes and gear and golf, oh my!
Like bikes? I mean, do you really like bikes? Well then don’t miss the annual Seattle Bike Show at CenturyLink Field Event Center this weekend, Mach 3-4. Featuring the best of biking and outdoors with more than 75 exhibitors, a stand out line-up of speakers & presenters, and the lowest prices of the year on…
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A fun time on a new trail
The penultimate section of the East Lake Sammamish Trail reopened yesterday to the delight of 70+ bikers, walkers, scooters and other supporters. The trail opening festivities included decorating the plaza trellis with wishes for future use, hot beverages for attendees, and a Cascade Bicycle Club sponsored tune-up station. This 1.2-mile-long segment runs from Southeast 43rd…
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You are here! New trail kiosks
Anyone that has been out on King County Parks’ Regional Trails System has probably run into one of our cool kiosks. Blue-roofed and four-sided, these kiosks hold information about some of our more popular regional trails, a full trail map of the entire network, and now – a smaller detail map showing you where you…
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Poetry on the trail
Jim Teeters is the Soos Creek Trail’s poetry ambassador and has been walking the trail for inspiration for over 20 years.
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5 ways to stay safe for fall biking
The inevitable turn of the seasons brings a whole host of hazards for people commuting by bicycle to work and school. Follows these five easy steps to stay safe.
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Your Big Backyard is covered with these!
They cross the county, from west to east and north to south. They follow lakes and hills. Nearly anywhere an old railroad once crawled, you can find them – trails! By foot or bike, skate or shoe, here in King County, you can travel over 300 miles on separated trails, dedicated to non-motorized transport. That…
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Trail Spotlight: 520 Loop (almost!)
Since we have over 300 miles of trails available to us here in King County, it’s always fun to find new routes, explore new trails, and discover new loops to ride. Like many cyclists, we’re super excited for the 520 Trail to be complete. So much so, we thought we’d cruise out to see where…
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Trail Spotlight: North Creek
Get out and explore this quiet trail on King County’s north border.
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Picturing Trails Project Update
We’re excited to announce that Jenny Riffle and Melinda Hurst Frye have been selected as our two fine art photographers for our Picturing Trails project!
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6 Easy ways to share the trail
This time of year is perfect cycling weather, and commuters as well as recreational bikers are enjoying King County Park’s Regional Trail System. High trail volume can sometimes create problems when walkers, runners, and bikers don’t follow proper trail etiquette. Here are six simple ways you can make sure everyone stays safe out on the…
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We’re back at work, so you can play!
While the progress on the East Lake Sammamish Trail (ELST) was temporarily halted due to a stop work order by the City of Sammamish, we are happy to report that a ruling by the United States District Court has come out in King County’s favor and will allow us to resume work on this iconic…
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Soos Creek Trail Gets a Facelift
Park’s paving project is complete and the Soos Creek Trail has a new look!
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Trail Alert: Everywhere
Please do not be alarmed if you come across this rad motorcycle on one of your favorite trails. Details about its purpose are below. *Should you come across this, please notify us immediately and know that crying in public is ok. Mobile mapping vehicle on Regional Trails through 8/25 King County Parks has authorized Transmap…
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Trail Spotlight: Green River Trail – North Extension
The Green River Trail north extension project is going to complete much needed access to the Duwamish River Trail.
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2017 Bike Everywhere
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Pass left. Go slow. Say “Hello!”
Check out our new Trail Safety Campaign for Bike Everywhere Month! Look for new signs along the trail.
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GiveBIG to the KC Parks Foundation!
GiveBIG is May 10th and you can support the King County Parks Foundation by donating here! And you don’t even need to wait until the BIG day – schedule your donation today, so you can be outside on May 10th instead – enjoying our 200 parks, 175 miles of trails and 28,000 acres of open…
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Join the conversation and give your input on these Green to Cedar Rivers Trail designs!
Help us take the next step in connecting communities in south King County and add your input to the online conversation happening at http://bit.ly/G2Ctraildesigns. We’d like you to answer a few short questions about the initial design options for the 3-mile-long north segment of the Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, which goes from the Cedar…
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East Lake Sammamish Trail – Segment B Resources
Coming to the East Lake Sammamish Update and Open House tonight? Have questions? Check out these resources first!
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See Something, Say Something. Issues, That Is
As your King County Parks staff, our job is to keep your parks clean, safe and open. It is part of our daily routine. That said, stuff happens. Daily, if not hourly, staff can be rerouted to deal with any number of issues. We, of course, handle anything we come across during our rounds, but…