Category: 200 Parks
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What I Learned This Summer: Go Touch Some Grass
This is a blog post that one of your Youth Conservation Corps interns, Mindy (she/her) from Renton, WA, wrote during the program this summer. What does it mean to “touch grass?” “Touch Grass, or Touch Some Grass, is a popular online insult and alternative way of telling someone to ‘go outside,’ implying they’re spending too…
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Top 4 Trails and Parks to Kick your Cabin Fever
Getting cabin fever? Visit one of these 4 parks or trails to get some fresh air.
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Make a Walk in the Park a Family Tradition
Here’s ten of our favorite King County walks to fend off a turkey coma. Grab friends and family and start a new tradition!
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Your Big Backyard is Getting Bigger
King County Parks had a busy year making good on the levy promise to bring 2,700 acres into the King County system by 2020. By the time 2019 rolls around, Parks will be on the lookout for a mere 500 more acres to reach the goal. As an added bonus, scooping up lands happens to…
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Cine en el Parque 2017
Photographed some of the pre-show entertainment at this year’s Cine en el Parque. Lucha Libre Volcanica delivered. The Moana finale had the kids cheering and begging for photos with Moana herself. If you’d like to see more of the evening visit our Flickr feed.
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5 Top Summer Biking Destinations
King County has 175 miles of regional trails. This summer you can explore areas of the county that you may not have known even existed. With so many places to choose, where do you start? Here’s a list of our top 5 favorite biking destinations for your summer adventures: Soos Creek Trail – The Soos…
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Steady, as she goes…
As detailed in this new report, we here at King County Parks are feeling like The Raconteurs: “Steady, as she goes…” We’re halfway through the 2014-2019 King County Parks, Trails, and Open Space Replacement Levy and happy to say we’re on track to meet our commitment to making “Your Big Backyard” that much more awesome.…
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Trail Spotlight: The Green to Interurban Loop
Check out this great 14-mile loop ride that takes in the best of the Green River Trail and the Interurban Trail!
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Bike Playground @ Dick Thurnau Memorial Park
A partnership between King County Parks and Cascade Bicycle Club has created the state’s first bike playground – a place where riders of all abilities can safely learn how to ride. With the completion of the White Center Bike Playground at Dick Thurnau Memorial Park through a partnership between King County Parks and the Cascade Bicycle…
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Cottage Lake ropes course
Ropes course at Cottage Lake. Looking for a corporate outing and some serious team building, floating high above the earth? What sensible company doesn’t? Hook up with our partner the Northshore YMCA to schedule your adventure. [It helps to not be terrified of heights or ropes] Want to see more pics of this glorious structure?…
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Marymoor Park Concerts: Slightly Stoopid
On sale: Friday, Feb 26 at 10am Return Of The Red Eye Summer 2016 SOJA Zion I, The Grouch and Eligh June 15, 2016
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Field Notes: Dwight’s At Work, So You Can Play
If you’ve set foot in Marymoor Park, you have experienced Dwight’s handiwork. Dwight is a member of your Marymoor Park staff, who are tasked with keeping that massive park clean, safe and open for everyone to enjoy. But Dwight brings a specialization: he’s a one-man-pep-rally-dancing-machine. Dwight has worked for King County Parks for many years as…
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Summer construction: We’re at work so you can play!
For most people in these here parts, summer means long days and cramming in more outdoor activities than you can shake a stick at. For us at King County Parks, summer has another meaning: construction! With such a short spell of hot, dry weather, we know that we’ve got to pack in as much activity…
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Wanted: Recycling Rock Stars
It’s almost that time of year again, folks: Marymoor Concerts start next week! Want to see a show for free? Join our Recycling/Composting Crew and get free entry and free parking to the show at which you volunteer. FREE. For reals! We’ve got an amazing line-up this year, and volunteer shifts are going to fill…
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Family fun this weekend: Conservation Futures GeoTour
Ready, set, geocache! This weekend, gather the family and head out to explore the great outdoors as the Conservation Futures GeoTour kicks off with a quest to earn a limited edition commemorative Geocoin. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, King County’s Conservation Futures program has preserved many of the forests, shorelines, greenways, trails and parks, including Cougar…
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Marymoor Park Traffic Alert – Sun, July 17
Hey all you early morning Marymoor Park people: Please note that the west entrance (the main entrance at W Lake Sammamish Pkwy) will be closed to incoming traffic on Sunday, July 17 from 7 – 10 a.m. During this time, 1,500 cyclists participating in the TRI-ROCK Triathlon will ride through Marymoor Park. For the safety…
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We’ll take it. #5 spot for playgrounds in Western Washington goes to Marymoor Park
Marymoor Park made it to the top 5 of the 2010 Best of Western Washington!! Pay no heed to Ricky Bobby’s smart mouth, there is no shame in the #5 slot. Evening Magazine bestowed us with this great honor, and if that wasn’t enough for you, they tallied 402,855 votes from around Western Washington. We think…