Category: 200 Parks

news, photos, and updates on King County Parks

Maury Island gets some WTA love


  Last month, Department of Natural Resources and Parks Director Christie True paid a visit to a group of Washington Trails Association volunteers who spent a “working vacation” week building a new multiuse trail at Maury Island Marine Park.  Every summer WTA sponsors working vacation trail projects in the high country and wilderness areas of…

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CHOMP! is less than a month away!


Enjoy a full day of activities at CHOMP!, King County’s celebration of local farming, food, and sustainability, on Saturday, Aug. 18 at King County’s Marymoor Park. Join King County Parks as we celebrate all that is fresh, delicious, local, and sustainable at CHOMP!  from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18 in the Willowmoor Farm area of…

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Closure on East Lake Sammamish Trail


Short Segment of East Lake Sammamish Trail to close July 30th for 30 days for construction King County Parks and the City of Sammamish are taking immediate action to protect and restore the kokanee salmon population and will replace three culverts on Zackuse Creek this summer. The new culverts will provide access to over a…

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Timber! Music Fest 2018 in pictures


Artist Home put together another great, sold out, Timber! Music Fest. Now on its sixth year! Total attendance: 3000 Of the 3000 attendees 597 were children ages 12 or under admitted for free Programming featured performances from 30 regional and national artists A big shout out to Artist Home for being such an amazing partner…

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King County Parks represented at Special Olympics 2018


  Rama ‘RJT’ Tall has been a King County employee since 1990 as a Parks Specialist with the Department of Natural Resources and Parks. He is also one of the employee athletes who represented the State of Washington during the Seattle- and King County-hosted 2018 Special Olympics USA Games. RJT competed on the soccer field….

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